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Lucy Worsley

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Lucy Worsley

Lucy Worsley (born 18 December 1973) is an English historian, author, curator, television presenter and podcaster. She was the joint chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces from 2003 to 2024, but is best known amongst UK television viewers as a presenter of BBC Television and Channel 5 series on historical topics.

Infobox

Born
(1973-12-18) 18 December 1973 Reading, Berkshire, England
Education
New College, Oxford (BA, 1995) University of Sussex (DPhil, 2001)
Occupations
Historian, author, curator, television presenter
Spouse
Mark Hines (m. 2011)
Website
lucyworsley

Tables

· Credits › Television programmes
2009
Inside the Body of Henry VIII
Role(s)
History Channel
2010
King Alfred the Great?
Role(s)
BBC South
Notes
17 May 2010
The Curse of the Hope Diamond
Role(s)
Channel 4
Notes
24 May 2010
2011
When God Spoke English
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
Guest interview as Chief Curator of Hampton Court (21 February 2011)
If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
Four-part series (April 2011)
Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
Three-part series (August–September 2011)
2012
Our Food
Role(s)
BBC Two
Notes
Four-part series (April 2012). Hosted by Giles Coren, co-presented with James Wong, Alex Langlands & Alys Fowler
Antiques Uncovered
Role(s)
BBC Two
Notes
Three-part series (May 2012)
Inside the World of Henry VIII
Role(s)
History Channel
Harlots, Housewives and Heroines: A 17th Century History for Girls
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
Three-part series (May 2012)
Food in England: The Lost World of Dorothy Hartley
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
6 November 2012
2013
Secret Knowledge, Episode 3
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
Bolsover Castle (27 March 2013)
Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History
Role(s)
BBC Two
Notes
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Tales from the Royal Bedchamber
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
5 August 2013
A Very British Murder
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
Three-part series (23 September 2013)
2014
The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
Three-part series (1 May 2014)
Masterchef
Role(s)
BBC One
Notes
8 May 2014. Guest judge
Tales from the Royal Wardrobes
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
7 July 2014
Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
17 November 2014. Co-presented with Len Goodman
2015
Britain's Tudor Treasure: A Night at Hampton Court
Role(s)
BBC Two
Notes
7 February 2015. Co-presented with David Starkey
Cake Bakers and Trouble Makers: Lucy Worsley's 100 Years of the WI
Role(s)
BBC Two
Notes
20 July 2015
Dancing Through the Blitz: Blackpool's Big Band Story
Role(s)
BBC Two
Notes
25 July 2015. Co-presented with Len Goodman and Jools Holland
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
23 August 2015
Lucy Worsley's Reins of Power: The Art of Horse Dancing
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
15 September 2015
A Very British Romance
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
Three-part series (8 October 2015)
The Great History Quiz: The Tudors
Role(s)
BBC Two
Notes
24 December 2015. Quiz team captain
2016
Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
6, 13 & 20 January 2016
The Real Versailles
Role(s)
BBC Two
Notes
30 May 2016. Co-presented with Helen Castor
Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
21 June 2016
Six Wives with Lucy Worsley
Role(s)
BBC One
Notes
Three-part series (December 2016)
2017
British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
Three-part series (January–February 2017)
Jane Austen: Behind Closed Doors
Role(s)
BBC Two
Notes
27 May 2017
Lucy Worsley's Nights at the Opera
Role(s)
BBC Two
Notes
Two-part series (14 October 2017, 21 October 2017)
Lucy Worsley: Elizabeth I's Battle for God's Music
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
17 October 2017
2018
Lucy Worsley's Fireworks for a Tudor Queen
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
7 March 2018
Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley
Role(s)
BBC One
Notes
4 June 2018
Victoria & Albert: The Royal Wedding
Role(s)
BBC Two
Notes
21 December 2018
2019
American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
Three-part series (January 2019)
Queen Victoria: My Musical Britain
Role(s)
BBC Two
Notes
11 May 2019
Lucy Worsley's Christmas Carol Odyssey
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
10 December 2019
A Merry Tudor Christmas with Lucy Worsley
Role(s)
BBC Two
Notes
20 December 2019
2020
Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
Series 1; 18 & 25 February, 3 March 2020. Series 2; 6, 13 & 20 November 2020
Lucy Worsley's Royal Photo Album
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
The story of the royal photograph (14 May 2020)
2020–2021
Role(s)
Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets
Notes
PBS
2021
Lucy Worsley's Royal Palace Secrets
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
January 2021
Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley
Role(s)
BBC One
Notes
90-minute documentary (23 February 2021)
2022
Rebuilding Notre-Dame
Role(s)
BBC Two
Notes
Documentary (28 April 2022)
Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen
Role(s)
BBC Two
Notes
Three-part series
2022, 2025
Role(s)
Lucy Worsley Investigates
Notes
BBC Two & PBS
2023
Puzzling
Role(s)
Channel 5
Notes
Thirteen-part quiz show
Florence Nightingale: Nursing Pioneer
Role(s)
BBC Four
Notes
Narrator
Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle
Role(s)
BBC Two
Notes
Three-part series
2026
Lucy Worsley: Victorian Murder Club
Role(s)
BBC Two
Notes
Three-part series
Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution
Role(s)
BBC Two & PBS
Notes
Two-part series.
TBA
Role(s)
Lucy Worsley’s Keys to the Castle (w/t)
Notes
BBC Two & PBS
Year
Title
Channel
Notes
2009
Inside the Body of Henry VIII
History Channel
2010
King Alfred the Great?
BBC South
17 May 2010
The Curse of the Hope Diamond
Channel 4
24 May 2010
2011
When God Spoke English
BBC Four
Guest interview as Chief Curator of Hampton Court (21 February 2011)
If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home
BBC Four
Four-part series (April 2011)
Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency
BBC Four
Three-part series (August–September 2011)
2012
Our Food
BBC Two
Four-part series (April 2012). Hosted by Giles Coren, co-presented with James Wong, Alex Langlands & Alys Fowler
Antiques Uncovered
BBC Two
Three-part series (May 2012)
Inside the World of Henry VIII
History Channel
Harlots, Housewives and Heroines: A 17th Century History for Girls
BBC Four
Three-part series (May 2012)
Food in England: The Lost World of Dorothy Hartley
BBC Four
6 November 2012
2013
Secret Knowledge, Episode 3
BBC Four
Bolsover Castle (27 March 2013)
Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History
BBC Two
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Tales from the Royal Bedchamber
BBC Four
5 August 2013
A Very British Murder
BBC Four
Three-part series (23 September 2013)
2014
The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain
BBC Four
Three-part series (1 May 2014)
Masterchef
BBC One
8 May 2014. Guest judge
Tales from the Royal Wardrobes
BBC Four
7 July 2014
Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance
BBC Four
17 November 2014. Co-presented with Len Goodman
2015
Britain's Tudor Treasure: A Night at Hampton Court
BBC Two
7 February 2015. Co-presented with David Starkey
Cake Bakers and Trouble Makers: Lucy Worsley's 100 Years of the WI
BBC Two
20 July 2015
Dancing Through the Blitz: Blackpool's Big Band Story
BBC Two
25 July 2015. Co-presented with Len Goodman and Jools Holland
When Lucy Met Roy: Sir Roy Strong at 80
BBC Four
23 August 2015
Lucy Worsley's Reins of Power: The Art of Horse Dancing
BBC Four
15 September 2015
A Very British Romance
BBC Four
Three-part series (8 October 2015)
The Great History Quiz: The Tudors
BBC Two
24 December 2015. Quiz team captain
2016
Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley
BBC Four
6, 13 & 20 January 2016
The Real Versailles
BBC Two
30 May 2016. Co-presented with Helen Castor
Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey
BBC Four
21 June 2016
Six Wives with Lucy Worsley
BBC One
Three-part series (December 2016)
2017
British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
BBC Four
Three-part series (January–February 2017)
Jane Austen: Behind Closed Doors
BBC Two
27 May 2017
Lucy Worsley's Nights at the Opera
BBC Two
Two-part series (14 October 2017, 21 October 2017)
Lucy Worsley: Elizabeth I's Battle for God's Music
BBC Four
17 October 2017
2018
Lucy Worsley's Fireworks for a Tudor Queen
BBC Four
7 March 2018
Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley
BBC One
4 June 2018
Victoria & Albert: The Royal Wedding
BBC Two
21 December 2018
2019
American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
BBC Four
Three-part series (January 2019)
Queen Victoria: My Musical Britain
BBC Two
11 May 2019
Lucy Worsley's Christmas Carol Odyssey
BBC Four
10 December 2019
A Merry Tudor Christmas with Lucy Worsley
BBC Two
20 December 2019
2020
Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
BBC Four
Series 1; 18 & 25 February, 3 March 2020. Series 2; 6, 13 & 20 November 2020
Lucy Worsley's Royal Photo Album
BBC Four
The story of the royal photograph (14 May 2020)
2020–2021
Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets
PBS
Series 1; 21 & 28 June, 5 July 2020. Series 2; 29 August 2021, 5 & 12 September 2021
2021
Lucy Worsley's Royal Palace Secrets
BBC Four
January 2021
Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley
BBC One
90-minute documentary (23 February 2021)
2022
Rebuilding Notre-Dame
BBC Two
Documentary (28 April 2022)
Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen
BBC Two
Three-part series
2022, 2025
Lucy Worsley Investigates
BBC Two & PBS
Two four-part series.
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