Lucy Worsley Investigates

Lucy Worsley examines how the unsolved case of London serial killer Jack the Ripper fuelled sensationalist journalism and became a prototype for much of the true crime stories to follow. With access to rare police files, original 1888 newspapers and expert contributors, Lucy sets out to shed new light on this infamous series of crimes.

On 14 October 1066 the two armies of King Harold of England and William, Duke of Normandy, met on the battlefield near Hastings in Southern England. Harold was killed in battle and William emerged victorious, forever more to be known as William the Conqueror. Lucy Worsley sets out to investigate how William the Conqueror fought and won not just the Battle of Hastings but the battle for England.

On the 5th of November 1605, in a cellar deep below London’s Parliament, Guy Fawkes prepared to light the fuse on a deadly attack. This plot, orchestrated by a small network of men, aimed to destroy the King and his government and unstopped, this one explosion could have changed the history of Britain entirely. Lucy Worsley investigates what drove this cell to attempt such an audacious act.

Mary Tudor, King Henry VIII’s daughter, became infamous as one of the bloodiest queens in history, executing her subjects for their religious beliefs. Lucy Worsley investigates whether England’s first ruling female monarch, Mary I, was truly as ‘bloody’ as history suggests or did her reputation emerge from being a strong woman in a predominantly male world?