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Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley, Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1, 42. Annie Gordon Baillie - Serial Swindler

Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley

Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1

42. Annie Gordon Baillie - Serial Swindler

May 20, 2025

29 minutes

Available for over a year

Lucy Worsley is back with a brand new series of Lady Swindlers, where true crime meets history - with a twist. Lucy and her team of all female detectives travel back more than a hundred years to revisit the audacious and surprising crimes of swindlers, hustlers and women on the make. Women trying to make it in a world made for men.

Producer: Jane Greenwood

Readers: Clare Corbett and Jonathan Keeble

Sound design: Chris Maclean

Executive producer: Kirsty Hunter

A StoryHunter production for BBC Radio 4