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Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley

In this new series with Lucy Worsley we switch our attention to the swindlers, conwomen and hustlers.

Radio 4,12 episodes

Episodes

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Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
Coming soon: Lady Swindlers Series 2
Lucy Worsley and team return for a second series on conwomen, thieves and swindlers.
07 May 2025,3 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
40. By Hook or by Crook
Lucy Worsley discusses Lady Swindlers who take matters into their own hands.
30 Sep 2024,27 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
39. Ann Mary Provis - Art Hoaxer
Lucy Worsley meets Ann Mary Provis, an audacious art hoaxer in Georgian London.
30 Sep 2024,28 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
38. Fanny Davies - Uncommon Thief
Lucy Worsley meets Fanny Davies, a common thief who leads a most uncommon life.
30 Sep 2024,28 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
37. Madame Rachel - Beauty Scammer
Lucy Worsley meets Madame Rachel, Victorian London’s most notorious beauty scammer.
30 Sep 2024,28 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
36. Sophie Lyons - Crime Doesn't Pay
Lucy Worsley meets Sophie Lyons, America’s Queen of the Underworld in the late 1800s.
30 Sep 2024,28 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
35. Women Who Dare
Lucy Worsley, Helen Lewis and historian Rosalind Crone discuss audacious Lady Swindlers.
30 Sep 2024,28 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
34. Violet Charlesworth - Fake Heiress
Lucy Worsley and team track down Violet Charlesworth, Edwardian heiress turned fugitive.
23 Sep 2024,27 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
33. Tilly Devine - Underworld Queen
Lucy Worsley meets Tilly Devine, queen of Sydney’s 1920s criminal underworld.
23 Sep 2024,28 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
32. Princess Caraboo - Fake Princess
An Indonesian princess holding court in Regency England? Lucy Worsley is on the case.
23 Sep 2024,28 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
31. Alice Diamond - Queen of 40 Thieves
Lucy Worsley meets Alice Diamond, London’s queen of shoplifting in the 1920s.
23 Sep 2024,29 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
Introducing Lady Swindlers
Lucy Worsley introduces a brand new series of Lady Killers.
23 Sep 2024,3 mins