Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency - Season 1

Season 1

Episodes

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.

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.

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.
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