A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley

A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley

2015
1 Season
8.5
Documentary

Lucy Worsley delves into the history of romance to uncover the forces shaping our very British happily ever after and how our feelings have been affected by social, political and cultural ideas.

Episodes

Episode 1
E1Oct 8, 201559m

Episode 1

Lucy's romp through three centuries of love's rituals begins with the Georgian age, when the rules of courtship were being rewritten. Traditionally, marriage had been as much about business as love. Now, a glamorisation of romantic love inspired women and men to make their own romantic choices - they could flirt in newly-built assembly rooms, or elope to Gretna Green as an act of romantic rebellion.

Episode 2
E2Oct 15, 201559m

Episode 2

Lucy Worsley discovers how medieval chivalry shaped Victorian courtship.

Episode 3
E3Oct 22, 201559m

Episode 3

Lucy Worsley concludes her series by looking at attitudes to romance in the 20th century.

Top Cast

Lucy Worsley

Lucy Worsley

Self - Presenter