Season 1
Episodes • 2011
1. Warts and All - Portrait of a Prince
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.
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60 minLucy Worsley looks at how, under the Prince Regent's aegis, Britain celebrated Napoleon's defeat by refashioning itself in architecture and design.
▶ Watch Episode3. The Many and the Few - A Divided Decade
60 minLucy 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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