Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

Season 1

2011 · 3 episodes · 3h 0m in all · 6.7/10

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Warts and All - Portrait of a Prince

   29 Aug 2011 · 60 min · 7.0/10

   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.

2. 2

   2. Developing the Regency Brand

   5 Sept 2011 · 60 min · 6.0/10

   Lucy Worsley looks at how, under the Prince Regent's aegis, Britain celebrated Napoleon's defeat by refashioning itself in architecture and design.

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   3. The Many and the Few - A Divided Decade

   13 Sept 2011 · 60 min · 7.0/10

   Lucy Worsley examines a world turned upside down by change, as the Prince Regent's excesses provoke riots, political unrest and assassination attempts.