Tracy Borman is a historian and author from Scothern, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She is most widely known as the author of Elizabeth's Women. Borman was born and brought up in the village of Scothern, near Lincoln. She was educated at Scothern Primary School (now Ellison Boulters Academy), William Farr School, Welton, and Yarborough School (now Lincoln Castle Academy), Lincoln. She taught history at the University of Hull, where she was awarded a Ph.D. in 1997. Elizabeth's Women was serialised and became a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week in September 2009. Tracy Borman appeared on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, also in September 2009. In 2013, she was appointed Joint Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces alongside Lucy Worsley. She and her husband, whom she married at the Tower of London, live in New Malden, south-west London. As a writer, she is known for The Private Lives of the Tudors (2016), Inside the Court of Henry VIII (2015), and The Spy Who Brought Down Mary, Queen of Scots (2014).
Known For
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Henry VIII and the King's Men (2020)
Starring as Presenter
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x03: The Tyrant King (Aug 29, 2020)
- Episode 1x02: The Absent King (Aug 26, 2020)
- Episode 1x01: The Unexpected King (Aug 22, 2020)
Inside the Tower of London (2018)
Starring as Presenter
(3 episodes)
- Episode 7x03: Episode 3 (Dec 12, 2024)
- Episode S07 Special: The Princes in the Tower: A Damning Discovery (Dec 3, 2024)
- Episode S06 Special: Jason Watkins & Lady Jane Grey: A Tower of London Special (Nov 18, 2024)
Private Lives (2017)
Starring as Presenter
(11 episodes)
- Episode 2x06: Al Capone (Apr 15, 2019)
- Episode 2x05: Peter The Great (Apr 8, 2019)
- Episode 2x04: Hitler (Apr 1, 2019)
- Episode 2x03: Napoleon Bonaparte (Mar 25, 2019)
- Episode 2x02: Edward VIII (Mar 18, 2019)
- Episode 2x01: Princess Margaret (Mar 11, 2019)
- Episode 1x05: Henry VIII (Dec 18, 2017)
- Episode 1x04: Charles II (Dec 11, 2017)
- Episode 1x03: Louis XIV (Dec 4, 2017)
- Episode 1x02: George III and the Prince Regent (Nov 27, 2017)
- Episode 1x01: Queen Victoria and Her Wayward Son (Nov 20, 2017)
The Private Lifes of the Tudors (2016)
Starring as Presenter
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x03: Elizabeth I: The Golden Age (Jun 21, 2016)
- Episode 1x02: Henry VIII: The Tyrant King (Jun 14, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: Henry VIII: Rise of a Dynasty (Jun 7, 2016)
Christmas University Challenge (2011)
Guest starring as Tracy Borman
- Episode 2019-12-26: Liverpool v Hull (Dec 26, 2019)
Songs of Praise (1961)
Guest starring as Tracy Borman
- Episode 2023-05-07: A Coronation Celebration (May 7, 2023)