British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Lucy debunks the foundation myth of one of our favourite royal dynasties, the Tudors. According to the history books, after 30 years of bloody battles between the white-rosed Yorkists and the red-rosed Lancastrians, Henry Tudor rid us of civil war and the evil Richard III. But Lucy reveals how the Tudors invented the story of the 'Wars of the Roses' after they came to power to justify their rule.

Lucy debunks the `Glorious Revolution'. In 1688, the British Isles were invaded by a huge army led by Dutch prince, William of Orange. With his English wife Mary he stole the throne from Mary's father, the Catholic King James II. This was the death knell for absolute royal power and laid the foundations of our constitutional monarchy.

Lucy debunks the fibs that surround the `jewel in the crown' of the British Empire, India. Travelling to Kolkata, she investigates how the Raj was created following a British government coup in 1858.