Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency
2011 · BBC Four · 60 min · 1 season
S01E03 · The Many and the Few - A Divided Decade
Wed, 14 Sept, 6:00 am
Lucy Worsley examines a world turned upside down by change, as the Prince Regent's excesses provoke riots, political unrest and assassination attempts.
About
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
- E01
Warts and All - Portrait of a Prince
Tue, 30 Aug· 60 minHistorian 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.
- E02
Developing the Regency Brand
Tue, 6 Sept· 60 minLucy Worsley looks at how, under the Prince Regent's aegis, Britain celebrated Napoleon's defeat by refashioning itself in architecture and design.
- E03
The Many and the Few - A Divided Decade
Wed, 14 Sept· 60 minLucy Worsley examines a world turned upside down by change, as the Prince Regent's excesses provoke riots, political unrest and assassination attempts.
Cast
Lucy Worsley
Presenter