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Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley

BBC Radio 4

Lucy Worsley investigates women from the past being put on trial from a feminist perspective.

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August 25 · 37 min
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.
August 18 · 28 min
Ladies in Court
Lucy Worsley, Professor Rosalind Crone and barrister Nneka Akodulu KC discuss the cases.
August 11 · 27 min
Lucy Meares and Sophia Richards - Transported Sisters
Lucy Worsley meets two sisters transported to Australia, for receiving stolen ribbons.
August 4 · 28 min
Georgina Weldon - Wrongly Committed
Lucy Worsley meets a Victorian opera singer who fought the Lunacy Laws – and won.
July 28 · 28 min
Connie Bolam - Conscientious Objector
Lucy meets defiant protestor Connie Bolam, a World War II conscientious objector.
July 21 · 28 min
Christabel Russell - Scandalous Divorce
Lucy Worsley explores one of the most scandalous divorce cases of the 20th century.
July 14 · 27 min
Trial by Media
Lucy Worsley discusses the first four cases of the series and puts the media on trial.
July 7 · 28 min
Audrey Jacob - Murder on the Dancefloor
Lucy meets glamorous 1920s flapper Audrey Jacob, accused of murder on the dancefloor.
June 30 · 28 min
Annie Kenney - Suffragette
Lucy Worsley meets a suffragette who’s willing to die for women's right to vote.
June 23 · 28 min
Elizabeth Chudleigh - Bigamist
Lucy Worsley meets a woman on trial for bigamy in the House of Lords in 1776.
June 16 · 28 min
Caroline Norton - Campaigner
Lucy Worsley meets a social butterfly who turns into a zealous Victorian campaigner.
June 9 · 4 min
Trailer
Welcome to Lady on Trial - where courtroom drama meets history, with a twist.
February 24 · 28 min
60. True Crime on Trial
Lucy Worsley puts true crime on trial and asks are we so obsessed with true crime?
February 17 · 28 min
59. Kitty Newton - Killer Daughter
Lucy Worsley meets Kitty Newton, a daughter accused of killing her own mother.
February 10 · 28 min
58. Mary Pearcey - Murderous Lover
Lucy Worsley is on the case of Mary Pearcey accused of a horrific murder in 1890s London.
February 3 · 28 min
57. Jessie McLachlan - Silenced Servant
Lucy Worsley analyses a brutal murder in Glasgow – a Victorian ‘he said, she said’.
January 27 · 28 min
56. Elvira Barney - Accidental Killer
Lucy Worsley meets a 1930s socialite accused of shooting her boyfriend.
January 20 · 28 min
55. Cloe - Forced Resistance
Lucy Worsley explores the case of Cloe, a black enslaved teenager who drowns two children.
January 13 · 29 min
54. Martha Brown - Domestic Violence
Lucy Worsley meets Martha Brown, accused of murdering her abusive husband in 1850s Dorset.
January 6 · 29 min
53. Elizabeth Cook - Body Snatcher
Lucy Worsley delves into a possible body snatcher case in 1830s East London.

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