Lucy Worsley
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Oct 28, 2026
SarahHOST
Like, it is a hard role.
SarahHOST
Or we're watching some Lucy Worsley thing about, you know, Queen of England.
SarahHOST
They're like, oh, God, here we go
MarkHOST
again.
Dominic RobinsonGUEST
with aid to the church in need.
Dominic RobinsonGUEST
We took a pilgrimage to York and it was there that Guy Fawkes grew up and probably saw, if the Lucy Worsley documentary is correct, probably saw the appalling and violent execution of St Margaret Clithera.
Dominic RobinsonGUEST
What I was talking about on that pilgrimage, if anyone's listening, they might remember, what I was talking about there was just how that extremism, that Guy Fawkes going off to Spain, fighting for the Catholic cause, how that must have been really so important to him, as it was to the Wright brothers, who were also part of the Gunpowder Plot, incidentally.
Dominic RobinsonGUEST
who were who were at school also with Guy Fawkes in York and probably um may well have witnessed Margaret Clitheroe's execution so as a result of all of this the gunpowder plot um An attempt to overthrow the British establishment, if it had come off, we'd have been in a very different position now.
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Hello and welcome to History Extra Long Reads, where we take a deep dive into the past, bringing you the very best of History Extra magazine with fascinating articles from leading historical experts.
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If Lucy Worsley has learned one thing in her 30 years as a historian, it's that what we think we know about Britain's kings and queens is often wrong.
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In this long read written by the historian, writer and broadcaster, she looks again at five royals whose reputations have been transformed for a long overdue and makeover.
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Today's feature originally appeared in the October 2026 issue of History Extra magazine and has been voiced in partnership with the Royal National Institute of Blind People.
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He wasn't the right man for the job of king.
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As his estranged wife said, he would have been much better off as a hairdresser.
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Today's long read was written by historian, writer and broadcaster Lucy Worsley.
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Her latest book is Queens and Kings, an unusually personal history.
VanessaHOST
For understanding Austen's life, Jane Austen: A Life by Claire Tomalin, a beautifully written, deeply sympathetic biography that pays close attention to the money and family.
VanessaHOST
Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley, a biography told through the houses Austen lived in, which pairs perfectly with a visit to Chawton or Bath.
VanessaHOST
The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne, Austen seen through the objects that surrounded her.
VanessaHOST
And Jane Austen's Letters, edited by Deirdre Le Faye.
Heather FosterNARRATOR
The British had gotten too much of it, in their opinion, so part of their participation in the American Revolution was support of their enemy's enemy, the colonists.
Heather FosterNARRATOR
In her PBS series about the American Revolution, Lucy Worsley examines the reaction the British people had when they heard that France had entered the war.
Heather FosterNARRATOR
Delving into news stories two hundred and fifty years old, Worsley finds a quote that calls the French alliance with the Americans a, quote, "crisis of national peril and insult" and further characterizes as a, quote, "menace from the ambition and treachery of a perfidious enemy".
Heather FosterNARRATOR
According to her research, the threat of French involvement created a fear in the people of Britain that had not existed when the war seemed like a colonial skirmish many thousands of miles distant.
Monica CesaratoHOST
This year's guest list includes names such as Ian Rankin, of course, that is gonna have, like, uh, the, the queue outside of the doors.
Monica CesaratoHOST
Uh, Denise Mina and Lucy Worsley.
Monica CesaratoHOST
Are you now reaching a point where, uh, well, you already kind of answered, but I want to hear it even more.
Monica CesaratoHOST
Where the authors actually approach you rather than you have to persuade them? And, and how do they approach you, I want to know.
Gregory DowlingGUEST
...
Gregory DowlingGUEST
some quota system.
Gregory DowlingGUEST
Um, you know, we, I suppose the biggest name certainly for British, um, people would be Lucy Worsley because she is such a famous, um, face on television.
Monica CesaratoHOST
Mm.
DemiNARRATOR
Football fans might like to catch up with Match of the Day Champions League at 10.40 with commentated highlights from several big European games.
DemiNARRATOR
Coverage of the World Gymnastics Championships continues on BBC2 from 7pm and then at 9pm it's Six Wives with Lucy Worsley in which the always excellent historian examines how Henry VIII got rid of Anne of Cleves, married Catherine Howard and then got rid of her too.
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icv1 has part four of crime drama winter starring richard armitage at 9 p.m whilst at the same time over on channel 4 kevin mcleod is back again this time he's wearing his grand designs hat and meeting an energy conservationist who plans to build a self-heating home on a budget of 300 000 pounds Now, for Thursday, BBC One has a classic daytime doubleheader of Homes Under the Hammer at 11.30 and Bargain Hunt at 12.15. Michael Portillo is in Birmingham at 3.15 on BBC Two on another great British railway journey, whilst over on ITV1 at 2pm, David Dickinson visits Middlesbrough.
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Celebrity Traitors gets top billing in BBC One's evening schedule for 8pm.
Corinna HarrodHOST
It is basically unheard of for it to not be someone who's had a severe trauma, and that is often sexual, physical abuse, combat experience, or exposure to a natural disaster, or any unbearable internal conflict.
Corinna HarrodHOST
So it's basically like when you have been through something, it's your body's way of being like, "You need a break." So I believe that Lucy Worsley believes that this is what happened to Agatha Christie.
Corinna HarrodHOST
I don't think it is.
Corinna HarrodHOST
So I think Agatha Christie needed a break, and therefore, um, off she went.
MichaelHOST
Thank you.
MichaelHOST
And now, um, I'm going to talk about Queens and Kings by Lucy Worsley.
BertHOST
Lovely.
MichaelHOST
Which is her new history one.
MichaelHOST
No, I just can't find it in the thing where it starts.
MichaelHOST
Hang on.
MichaelHOST
Uh, Lucy Worsley has leave, liv- I'm gonna start again.
BertHOST
I'm not editing that out.
GlenysNARRATOR
On BBC One at eight, there's Celebrity Traitors, followed at five past nine by Celebrity Traitors Uncloaked.
GlenysNARRATOR
On BBC Two at nine, there's Six Wives with Lucy Worsley, when Lucy Worsley observes the shenanigans at the court of King Henry VIII, followed at ten by the classic psychological film Silence of the Lambs.
GlenysNARRATOR
On Channel 4 at 8, there's a new series of George Clark's Building Home from the Ribble Valley, followed at 5 past 9 by Gogglebox, with the evening rounding off at 10 past 11 with the comedy film American Reunion.
GlenysNARRATOR
And finally, over on 5 at 8, there's Our Great Yorkshire Life, finding out how Wensleydale cheese and flat caps are made.
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