Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

Total Seasons :1Total Episodes : 3

Historian Lucy Worsley presents a series marking the 200th anniversary of one of the most explosive and creative decades in British history, the Regency.

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Warts and All - Portrait of a Prince

1. 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.

Air Date : 2011-08-29

Developing the Regency Brand

2. 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.

Air Date : 2011-09-05

The Many and the Few - A Divided Decade

3. 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.

Air Date : 2011-09-13

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