Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

Season 12011

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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3 Episodes

E01 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.

August 29, 2011

E02 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.

September 5, 2011

E03 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.

September 13, 2011

Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

E01 Warts and All - Portrait of a Prince

E02 Developing the Regency Brand

E03 The Many and the Few - A Divided Decade

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E01 Warts and All - Portrait of a Prince

E02 Developing the Regency Brand

E03 The Many and the Few - A Divided Decade