Tracy Borman

Acting

Tracy Borman

Born 1972-01-01 · Scothern, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Tracy Borman is a historian and author from Scothern, Lincolnshire, England. She is most widely known as the author of Elizabeth's Women, a portrait-gallery of the powerful women who influenced Queen Elizabeth I. Borman was born and brought up in the village of Scothern, near Lincoln.

Acting credits

Tales from the Royal Bedchamber poster
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Lucy Worsley gets into bed with our past monarchs to uncover the Tales from the Royal Bedchamber. She reveals that our obsession with royal bedrooms, births and succession is nothing new. In fact, the rise and fall of their magnificent beds reflects the changing fortunes of the monarchy itself.

Tales from the Royal Bedchamber

2013

Stonehenge: Secrets of the New Stone poster
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Investigating the secret and origin of Stonehenge's six-tonne altar stone.

Stonehenge: Secrets of the New Stone

2026

Christmas at Hampton Court poster
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A special one-off programme going behind the scenes of preparations for Christmas at the palace. Shows what it takes to bring the magnificent palace to life over the festive season, from cooking traditional Tudor recipes to harvesting mistletoe from the gardens. Joint Chief Curator Tracy Borman also explores royal Christmas traditions through the ages, including gifts from the past.

Christmas at Hampton Court

2020

Princes in the Tower: A Damning Discovery poster
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Tracy Borman and Jason Watkins explore the mystery of what happened to the two young princes that were brought to the Tower of London in 1483 by their uncle Richard, Duke of Gloucester. A few weeks later, the two boys vanished without a trace. Jason treads the boards as Shakespeare's greatest villain, Richard III, to try to get inside his mind, while Tracy investigates the discovery of the bones of two children found at the Tower in the 1600s.

Princes in the Tower: A Damning Discovery

2024

Anne & Mary: A Tale of Two Sisters poster
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Anne has been celebrated and damned, seen as either schemer or a victim. Her sister Mary is less remembered and often dismissed as a fool. But what was the truth?

Anne & Mary: A Tale of Two Sisters

2018

The Gunpowder Plot: Countdown to Treason poster
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Xand Van Tulleken and Tracy Borman examine the plot to kill James I by blowing up the House of Lords when the king would be present for the State Opening of Parliament. They follow Robert Catesby and his co-conspirators as they assemble their gang to carry out the attack, revealing just how dangerous it was to smuggle two and a half tons of gunpowder beneath the House of Lords, and show how the assassination of so many people in Parliament was meant to be the beginning of an audacious coup to take over the country.

The Gunpowder Plot: Countdown to Treason

2023

Jane Boleyn: The Most Evil Woman in The Tudor Court? poster
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Tracy Borman tells the story of the woman some claim brought down Anne Boleyn. Lady Rochford, Jane Boleyn.

Jane Boleyn: The Most Evil Woman in The Tudor Court?

2023