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Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley
BBC Radio 4
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Lucy Worsley investigates women from the past being put on trial from a feminist perspective.
Recent Episodes
AUG 25, 2026
Why Don’t Women’s Clothes Have Pockets? (From Here For The History)
The surprising history of how women’s pockets fell in and out of fashion over time.
37 MIN
AUG 18, 2026
Ladies in Court
Lucy Worsley, Professor Rosalind Crone and barrister Nneka Akodulu KC discuss the cases.
28 MIN
AUG 11, 2026
Lucy Meares and Sophia Richards - Transported Sisters
Lucy Worsley meets two sisters transported to Australia, for receiving stolen ribbons.
27 MIN
AUG 4, 2026
Georgina Weldon - Wrongly Committed
Lucy Worsley meets a Victorian opera singer who fought the Lunacy Laws – and won.
28 MIN
JUL 28, 2026
Connie Bolam - Conscientious Objector
Lucy meets defiant protestor Connie Bolam, a World War II conscientious objector.
28 MIN
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