From Robin Hood to damning accusations of murder, tyranny and tactical ineptitude; history and popular culture have not been kind to England’s ‘Bad King John’. But just how much is fact and how much is fiction?

In a bid to clear the muddied waters, King John’s faithful fool and personal assistant, Max Tobin (strangely never before mentioned in any historical text), looks back at the evidence against the real-life medieval monarch.

Written, presented and edited by Max Tobin
Director of Photography & Philip II: Dillon Steele
Executive Producer & King John: Howard Timberlake
Music by George Demetriou

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