Mary Tudor has gone down in history as the Catholic tyrant "Bloody Mary." There’s certainly cause for such a brutal nickname: she executed hundreds of Protestants during her short reign.

It did not stop until death came one day in 1558 to the woman in whose name the executions were carried out: Mary Tudor, Queen of England. Few historians have ever tried to defend “Bloody Mary.” ...

This week we go from Perkin Warbeck to Henry VIII and his six wives, to 1557 and Queen 'Bloody' Mary Tudor. Recorded on Thursday 12th December 1968 in Studio 5B. Written as Episode 5.

Does 'Bloody Mary', England’s first crowned queen, deserve her reputation? Lucy Worsley investigates, asking whether Mary should be remembered as a pioneer or a tyrant. Show more Mary Tudor ...