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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 (age 51)Reading, Berkshire, England
Education
mw- New College, Oxford(BA, 1995)University of Sussex(DPhil, 2001)
Occupation(s)
Historian, author, curator, television presenter
Spouse
mw- Mark Hines (m. 2011)
Website
lucyworsley.com
Occupations
Historian, author, curator, television presenter

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
2025
Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution
Role(s)
BBC Two & PBS
Notes
Upcoming two-part series.
TBA
Role(s)
Lucy Worsley’s Keys to the Castle (w/t)
Notes
BBC Two & PBS
TBA
Role(s)
Lucy Worsley’s Victorian Murder Club
Notes
BBC Two
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.

References

  1. PBS
    https://www.pbs.org/articles/meet-lucy-worsley
  2. The Daily Telegraph
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120624070326/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8445957/Dr-Lucy-Worsley-Im-just-an-historian-who-wandered-into-TV.html
  3. "BBC Four – A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley – Dr Lucy Worsley"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/589z5my60mYb1L9bMWllzp8/dr-lucy-worsley
  4. www.thetimes.com
    https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/celebrity/article/lucy-worsley-im-overvalued-i-was-the-right-gender-right-colour-i-was-lucky-gbc8jfzsb
  5. The Architectural Patronage of William Cavendish, first Duke of Newcastle, 1593–1676
    http://www.opengrey.eu/item/display/10068/529218
  6. lucyworsley.com
    https://lucyworsley.com/an-interview-about-classical-music-in-gramophone-magazine/
  7. SPAB News, Vol. 18., no. 2, 1997
  8. "Milton Manor – Lucy Worsley"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20140514140233/http://www.lucyworsley.com/tag/milton-manor/
  9. The Architectural Patronage of William Cavendish, first Duke of Newcastle, 1593–1676
    http://www.opengrey.eu/item/display/10068/529218
  10. The Independent on Sunday
    https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/cavalier-a-tale-of-chivalry-passion-and-great-houses-by-lucy-worsley-462737.html
  11. "BBC Four – A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley – Dr Lucy Worsley"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/589z5my60mYb1L9bMWllzp8/dr-lucy-worsley
  12. Berkshire and Buckinghamshire Life
    http://berksandbucks.greatbritishlife.co.uk/people/lucy_worsley_on_her_passion_for_the_past_1_3238665
  13. Evening Standard
    https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/it-is-time-for-princess-diana-to-take-her-place-in-history-6463450.html
  14. Architectural Digest
    https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/kensington-palace-renovation-article
  15. "Kingston University – Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture"
    http://fada.kingston.ac.uk/staff/lucy_worsley/lucy_worsley.php
  16. Museums Association
    https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2024/10/moves-clare-barlow-to-lead-peoples-history-museum-lucy-worsley-leaving-historic-royal-palaces/#
  17. "Antiques Uncovered"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hbmsp
  18. "Harlots, Housewives and Heroines: A 17th Century History for Girls at BBC4.com"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01j2fcq
  19. The Mirror
    https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/very-british-murder-how-became-2291022
  20. "A Very British Romance"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06h1fys
  21. "Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06vm9qp
  22. Exeter Express and Echo
    https://web.archive.org/web/20170206191405/http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/bbc-crews-filming-documentary-on-exeter-s-cathedral-green/story-29716881-detail/story.html
  23. "British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08bqdzl
  24. "Royal History's Biggest Fibs With Lucy Worsley Series"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fj9f/episodes/player
  25. "Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley"
    https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/kznq6x/royal-historys-biggest-fibs-with-lucy-worsley-episode-guide/
  26. "Lucy Worsley Investigates"
    https://www.pbs.org/show/lucy-worsley-investigates/
  27. The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/a-very-british-murder-by-lucy-worsley-bbc-books-20-8803067.html
  28. The Daily Telegraph
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/historian-lucy-worsley-my-life-in-eight-objects/
  29. The Daily Telegraph
    http://www.lucyworsley.com/about-my-new-novel-eliza-rose/
  30. "Nonfiction Book Review: Jane Austen at Home: A Biography by Lucy Worsley. St. Martin's"
    https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-250-13160-7
  31. ISBN 978-1408869444
  32. Evening Standard
    https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/lucy-worsley-s-my-london-8688225.html
  33. "On being 2.5% famous"
    http://www.lucyworsley.com/on-being-2-5-famous/
  34. Times, 5/8/13
  35. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/apr/12/lucy-worsley-my-family-values
  36. "In which my speech impediment is criticised, but all ends happily"
    http://www.lucyworsley.com/in-which-my-speech-impediment-in-criticised-but-all-ends-happily/
  37. The Daily Telegraph
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/8828217/World-of-Dr-Lucy-Worsley-curator-and-broadcaster.html
  38. Strictly
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11433985/Claudia-Winkleman-nominated-for-RTS-award-for-her-new-role-as-Strictly-presenter.html
  39. Brighton and Hove News
    http://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2015/07/13/tv-historian-given-honorary-sussex-uni-degree-2/40994
  40. "TV historian Lucy Worsley was appointed an OBE"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46238743
  41. "BBC Two – Our Food"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01flrfl
  42. RadioTimes
    http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/vwzyb/secret-knowledge--bolsover-castle-with-lucy-worsley-secret-knowledge
  43. The Telegraph Reviews Part 1
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/9980143/Fit-to-Rule-How-Royal-Illness-Changed-History-BBC-Two-review.html
  44. The Telegraph Reviews Part 3
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/10011282/Fit-to-Rule-How-Royal-Illness-Changed-History-BBC-Two-review.html
  45. RadioTimes
    http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/cmk6nm/tales-from-the-royal-bedchamber
  46. RadioTimes
    http://www.radiotimes.com/programme/cnsj4t/a-very-british-murder-with-lucy-worsley
  47. "Dancing Through The Blitz: Blackpool's Big Band Story"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0645478
  48. "When Lucy met Roy: Sir Roy Strong at 80"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b067fm60
  49. "Lucy Worsley's Reins of Power: The Art of Horse Dancing"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06ccpzz?ns_mchannel=YT&ns_source=bbc_four&ns_linkname=description_link
  50. "The Great History Quiz: The Tudors"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06t3mh8
  51. "The Real Versailles – BBC Two"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07dprr6
  52. "Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey – BBC Four"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07hk1qx
  53. "BBC Four – British History's Biggest Fibs With Lucy Worsley"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08bs0sr
  54. "BBC Two – Victoria & Albert: The Royal Wedding"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bvxj28
  55. "BBC Four – American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00024k8
  56. "BBC Two – Queen Victoria: My Musical Britain"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00052ds
  57. "BBC Four – Lucy Worsley's Christmas Carol Odyssey"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000c5y4
  58. "BBC Two – A Merry Tudor Christmas with Lucy Worsley"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000cfd5
  59. "Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fj9f
  60. "Lucy Worsley's Royal Palace Secrets"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qznd
  61. "Lucy Worsley to uncover real-life stories of the Blitz in new film for BBC One"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2020/lucy-worsley-to-uncover-real-life-stories-of-the-blitz-in-new-film-for-bbc-one
  62. "Rebuilding Notre-Dame"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0016v1h
  63. "Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0d9c9v5
  64. bbc.co.uk/mediacentre
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/bbcstudios/2024/lucy-worsley-investigates-returns-to-bbc-two-and-iplayer-
  65. itvstudios.com
    https://www.itvstudios.com/news/3309499
  66. "Florence Nightingale: Nursing Pioneer"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001nj0b/florence-nightingale-nursing-pioneer
  67. "Lucy Worsley turns her powers of investigation to the curious case of Sherlock and Arthur Conan Doyle"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/killing-sherlock-lucy-worsley-on-the-case-of-conan-doyle
  68. bbc.co.uk/mediacentre
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/lucy-worsley-investigates/the-american-revolution
  69. bbc.co.uk/mediacentre
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/lucy-worsley-keys-to-the-castle
  70. bbc.co.uk/mediacentre
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/bbc-factual-five-new-history-commissions
  71. "Lucy Worsley uncovers the true stories of Victorian women accused of murder in a new podcast and series"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2022/lady-killers-with-lucy-worsley
  72. "Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley to return for second season"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/lady-killers-lucy-worsley-returns-bbc-radio-four
  73. "This is Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/lady-swindlers-with-lucy-worsley
  74. "Lucy Worsley returns for the second series of Lady Swindlers, meeting spooky scammers, brazen burglars and a clever counterfeiter"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/lucy-worsley-lady-swindlers-series-two
  75. octagon-theatre.co.uk
    https://octagon-theatre.co.uk/whats-on/all-shows/lucy-worsley/8277/#details
  76. fane.co.uk
    https://www.fane.co.uk/lucy-worsley
  77. fane.co.uk
    https://www.fane.co.uk/lucy-worsley
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