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The historian examines Britain's deadliest pandemic, exploring how its monumental death toll changed the face of the country for ever and what the sudden loss of life meant for the church and religious beliefs, landowners and for the those who survived. Lucy also learns how DNA extracted from the skeletons of the plague's victims enabled scientists to finally identify a bacteria called Yersinia Pestis - a pathogen to which the mediaeval population had no immunity

Lucy uncovers the story of Edward IV's sons Edward and Richard, whose disappearance in 1483 has led to centuries of mystery. The princes were taken to the Tower of London for their own protection, but a priest declared the boys illegitimate and their uncle Richard next in line to the throne. The gaps in the historical record have fuelled 500 years of speculation, so Lucy speaks to history professor Tim Thornton, who has found evidence of one account of what happened written by Thomas More, while Richard III Society chair Matthew Lewis gives his views on the events

Lucy Worsley investigates how George III's mental illness changed Britain, uncovering royal papers and exploring how the attempt on the king's life by a mentally ill subject transformed psychiatry forever

The historian examines four dramatic chapters in British history, exploring how changing attitudes to gender politics, class inequality, mental health and children can challenge perceptions of the past and provide new answers to each mystery. She begins with the 16th-century witch hunts, when thousands of ordinary people, mostly women, were hunted down, tortured and killed across Scotland and England

The historian examines Britain's deadliest pandemic, exploring how its monumental death toll changed the face of the country for ever and what the sudden loss of life meant for the church and religious beliefs, landowners and for the those who survived. Lucy also learns how DNA extracted from the skeletons of the plague's victims enabled scientists to finally identify a bacteria called Yersinia Pestis - a pathogen to which the mediaeval population had no immunity

Lucy Worsley investigates how George III's mental illness changed Britain, uncovering royal papers and exploring how the attempt on the king's life by a mentally ill subject transformed psychiatry forever