← Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

Season 1

3 episodes · 2011

  1. 1Warts and All - Portrait of a Prince

    29 Aug 2011 · 1 hr 0 min

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    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.

  2. 2Developing the Regency Brand

    05 Sep 2011 · 1 hr 0 min

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    Lucy Worsley looks at how, under the Prince Regent's aegis, Britain celebrated Napoleon's defeat by refashioning itself in architecture and design.

  3. 3The Many and the Few - A Divided Decadefinale

    13 Sep 2011 · 1 hr 0 min

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    Lucy Worsley examines a world turned upside down by change, as the Prince Regent's excesses provoke riots, political unrest and assassination attempts.