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Jack the Ripper: Read all about it!

Jack the Ripper: Read all about it!

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Jack the Ripper: A letter from the killer?

Jack the Ripper: A letter from the killer?

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William the Conqueror: The Bayeux Tapestry

William the Conqueror: The Bayeux Tapestry

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Coming Face to Face with William the Conqueror

Coming Face to Face with William the Conqueror

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The Gunpowder Plot: The Mural on the Tube

The Gunpowder Plot: The Mural on the Tube

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The Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes' Radicalization

The Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes' Radicalization

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Bloody Mary: Her earliest portrait

Bloody Mary: Her earliest portrait

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Bloody Mary: The first woman to be crowned Queen

Bloody Mary: The first woman to be crowned Queen

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Benjamin Franklin’s House

Benjamin Franklin’s House

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The Boston Massacre

The Boston Massacre

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"British" Benjamin / "American" Benjamin

"British" Benjamin / "American" Benjamin

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Ex-Politician Ruth Davidson Analyzes King George III’s Letters

Ex-Politician Ruth Davidson Analyzes King George III’s Letters

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Lucy Worsley Investigates

The National Museum of Scotland

Lucy visits the National Museum of Scotland storeroom which houses amulets and charms. Amulets were common and a mix of religious belief coexisting with the supernatural. Lucy is shown a seedpod known as "Mary's nut" which was an amulet used in childbirth as protection.
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Bloody Mary
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54:56
Season 2 Episode 4
Bloody Mary
Lucy investigates Queen Mary I - was she really as bloody as history suggests?
The Gunpowder Plot
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54:55
Season 2 Episode 3
The Gunpowder Plot
Lucy works with experts to uncover this extraordinary moment in history.
William the Conqueror
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54:55
Season 2 Episode 2
William the Conqueror
Lucy investigates William the Conqueror.
Jack the Ripper
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54:50
Season 2 Episode 1
Jack the Ripper
Lucy investigates the world’s most infamous serial killer, Jack the Ripper.
The Witch Hunts
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Season 1 Episode 4
The Witch Hunts
Discover how the trial of one "witch" sparked Britain's witch-hunt craze.
The Black Death
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Season 1 Episode 3
The Black Death
Find out how the Black Death changed Britain.
Madness of King George
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Season 1 Episode 2
Madness of King George
Take a closer look at George III and how a tale of mental illness changed Britain.
Lucy Worsley Investigates Season 1
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Season 1 Episode 1
Princes in the Tower
Come along as Lucy Worsley uncovers what really happened to the Princes in the Tower.
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