Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley
Episodes
Ladies in Court
In this finale of Lady Killers, Lucy Worsley is joined by Professor Rosalind Crone and barrister Nneka Akadolu KC to reflect on historical trials of women like Christabel Russell and Georgina Weldon.
Lucy Meares and Sophia Richards - Transported Sisters
Lucy Worsley examines the 1817 case of three working-class women, Lucy Mears, Sophia Richards, and Sarah Hopkins, who were harshly sentenced to transportation for receiving stolen ribbons.
Georgina Weldon - Wrongly Committed
Lucy Worsley explores the life of Georgina Weldon, a Victorian opera singer who fought her abusive husband’s attempt to commit her to an asylum.
Connie Bolam - Conscientious Objector
Lucy Worsley explores the story of Connie Bolam, the first woman imprisoned as a conscientious objector in WWII.