Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency
2011
1 Season
7.0
Documentary
Historian Lucy Worsley presents a series marking the 200th anniversary of one of the most explosive and creative decades in British history, the Regency.
Episodes
E1Aug 29, 20111h
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.
E2Sep 5, 20111h
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.
E3Sep 13, 20111h
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.
Top Cast
Lucy Worsley
Self - Presenter
