
Lucy Worsley Investigates is a BBC1 programme that looks into, and explores further, some of the lesser-known events of British History. On Friday, 10 January 2025 her subject was the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 focussing on the roles of the Catholic plotters especially Guy Fawkes, a citizen of York. To give the viewers an understanding of the context Lucy investigated the position of Catholics at the time. Knowing that St Margaret Clitherow’s hand was one of the relics held by the Bar Convent she interviewed Dr Hannah Thomas, the Special Collections Manager at the Bar Convent. This photo with Margaret Clitherow’s hand to the fore formed part of the programme. Mary Ward’s two uncles, John and Christopher Wright, were also mentioned in the programme as they were killed when the plot failed.