Lucy Worsley Investigates

How did the infamous Jack the Ripper case shape the way true crime is covered today?

In 1605, a group of radical Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, came within hours of blowing up the Houses of Parliament. Had they not been stopped, they could have changed British history entirely. Lucy Worsley investigates what drove them to attempt such an audacious act. She looks at the motivations of the plotters, and visits the room where Guy Fawkes finally faced his interrogators.

In 1066, the two vast armies of King Harold of England and William, Duke of Normandy, met to fight for the English crown. Harold was killed and William emerged victorious, forever known as William the Conqueror. It was a pivotal moment in English history. Lucy Worsley sets out to investigate what William the Conqueror did after the Battle of Hastings to bend England to his will.

Mary Tudor, King Henry VIII's eldest daughter, came to the throne in 1553 and became infamous as one of the bloodiest queens in history, allegedly executing her subjects at will. Lucy Worsley investigates whether England's first ruling female monarch, Mary I, was truly as 'bloody' as history suggests, or whether this reputation arose from being a powerful woman in a predominantly male world.