
Suzannah Lipscomb
Biography
Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb is Senior Lecturer and Convenor for History at New College of the Humanities, London, and also holds a post as Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of East Anglia. She has appeared on BBC’S The One Show, ITV’s GMTV, Channel 4’s Time Team, and BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, presented BBC Radio 3’s The Essay and co-presented Inside the World of Henry VIII on the History Channel. Her new three-part series on the Tower of London airs on National Geographic in Spring 2012. She is the author of 1536: The Year that Changed Henry VIII and A Visitor's Companion to Tudor England, co-author of Henry VIII: 500 Facts, and writes frequently for History Today and BBC History Magazine. For three years she was Research Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, based at Hampton Court Palace; she is now a Consultant for Historic Royal Palaces and on their Research Strategy Board.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
Ancient Autopsy as Herself
2023A History Of Royal Scandals as Self
2021Walking Tudor England as Self - Presenter
2020Henry VIII & Trump: History Repeating? as Self - Historian
2019London: 2000 Years of History as Self
2019London: 2000 Years of History as Self - Presenter
2018Nicholas and Alexandra as Self - Presenter
2017Richard Osman's House of Games as Self - Contestant
2017The Great Fire: In Real Time as Self - Presenter
2017Elizabeth I as Self - Presenter
2017Secrets of the National Trust with Alan Titchmarsh as Self - Presenter
2016Henry VIII and His Six Wives as Self - Presenter
2016Insert Name Here as Self - Panelist
2015Witch Hunt: A Century of Murder as Self - Presenter
2015The Quizeum as Self - Panelist
2014I Never Knew That About Britain as Self - Presenter
2014Henry and Anne: The Lovers Who Changed History as Self - Presenter
2013Hidden Killers as Self - Presenter
2013The Last Days of Anne Boleyn as Self
2013Bloody Tales of Europe as Self - Presenter
2012The Secret Life of... as Self - Expert
2012Bloody Tales of the Tower as Self - Presenter
2012Secrets of the Manor House as Self - Expert
2011Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
2011The Great British Weather as Self
2011Pointless Celebrities as Self
2003This Week as Self - Guest
1994Time Team as Self - Historian
1994Time Team as Self - Expert
1991The House of Eliott as Young Beatrice
—Anne Boleyn: Queen For A Thousand Days as Self - Presenter
—Inferno: The Great Fire Of London as Self








