Expert opinion provided on the TV series 'Lucy Worsley Investigates'

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Niamh Nic Daeid provided expert opinion on Lucy Worsley Investigates, series 2: episode 1. Jack the Ripper. First aired 3rd January 2025 on BBC Two.

Episode description:
True crime is often thought of as a recent obsession, but here, Lucy Worsley investigates the phenomenon through one of the world’s most infamous serial killers: Jack the Ripper.

She uncovers a story which goes beyond a single murderer and his five victims – Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary-Jane - to a burgeoning newspaper industry desperate for readers and a Victorian society that wasn’t designed to support the most vulnerable.

Lucy explores how this unsolved case fuelled a new sensationalist journalism, which set a template for many of the true crime stories that followed.

Period	3 Jan 2025
Degree of Recognition	National