Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency – Season 1
2011
3 Episodes
Episodes
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S01E01
Warts and All - Portrait of a Prince
Historian Dr. Lucy Worsley looks at how the Prince Regent was obsessed with outdoing Napoleon not on the battlefield, but in opulence, bling and monumental architecture.
29 Aug 201160m
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S01E02
Developing the Regency Brand
Lucy Worsley looks at how, under the Prince Regent's aegis, Britain celebrated Napoleon's defeat by refashioning itself in architecture and design.
05 Sept 201160m
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S01E03
The Many and the Few - A Divided Decade
Lucy Worsley examines a world turned upside down by change, as the Prince Regent's excesses provoke riots, political unrest and assassination attempts.
13 Sept 201160m