LucyWorsleywillreturntoBBCTwowithabrandnewseriesofLucyWorsleyInvestigates,againexaminingcasesinforensicdetailsandfollowingevidencetouncoverwitnesses,victims,heroesandvillains.Inthenextseries,WorsleywilllookintotheGunpowderPlot,BloodyMary,JacktheRipperandthelegacyofWilliamtheConqueror’sinvasionof1066.Transmissiondetailsfortheserieswillbeannouncedinduecourse.LucyWorsleyInvestigatesisa4x60’seriesforBBCTwo,BBCiPlayerandPBS.[Description]TheGunpowderPlot:Over400yearsago,agroupofradicalCatholics,includingGuyFawkes,camewithinhoursofblowingupthePalaceofWestminster,alongwiththeKingandhisgovernment.Theplotwasfoiled,andanActofParliamentpassed,whichcenturieslaterisstillmarkedbyfamilyfriendlyBonfireNightcelebrationson5thNovember.Lucysetsouttoinvestigatetherealityofadivisivetimewhenyoungmenfeltdriventoextremes.Shedelvesinsidethemindsoftheplotters,searchingforevidenceintheirchildhoods,intheroomswheretheysecretlymet,andwhereGuyFawkesfinallyfacedhisinterrogators.JackTheRipper:Lucyuncoversthetruthbehindthistruecrimeobsession.Astorythatgoesbeyondasinglepsychotickillerandhistragicvictims,toaburgeoningnewspaperindustryinadesperatebattleforreadersconvergingwithgrowingsocialdivide.LucyrevealshowthissinglecasetransformedBritain'sunderstandingofpovertywhilegivingbirthtoanewkindofsensationalistjournalismwithRipperology',whosemisogynystillenduresinthepresscoverageofmurdersofwomentoday.After1066:Nearly1000yearsafterWilliamofNormandy'sinvasionofEngland,freshperspectivesareuncoveringaseriesofhiddencluesthatrevealtheNormanConquestwasn'taseamlesstransitiontoanewera,butaprofoundnationaltraumathathasbeenerasedfromourcollectivememory.Lucy'sinvestigationtakeshertoFrancetorevealthecauseoftheinfamousinvasionandfollowsinWilliam'sfootstepsasheattemptstobendanationtohiswill.PrivilegedandrareaccesstotheDomesdayBooksendsLucyonaquestthatuncoversaseriesofforgottenrebellionsagainstKingWilliam'sruleintheNorthofEnglandwherein1069,Williamwouldfacethebiggestthreattohisnewcrown.HisresponsewastouseanymeansnecessarytoholdontopowerandtheimpactisstillevidentinEnglandtoday.BloodyMary:InthisextraordinarilyoverlookedperiodinTudorhistory,LucyinvestigatesthetruthbehindtheQueenknownasBloodyMary.Lucy'sjourneytakeshertosomeofthegreatTudorpalacesofEngland,fromFramlinghamCastletoHamptonCourtandintotheheartofWestminsterAbbeywhereMarycametobecrownedandwhereshereststoday.ByrevisitingMary'straumaticchildhood,thechallengesshefacedasEngland'sfirstcrownedQueen,thefatefulninemonthsofaphantompregnancyandherformidablecampaigntoconvertEnglandbacktoCatholicism,LucyrevealsMaryIinafreshnewlight.
