Air Date
August 29, 2011
Episodes
3 episodes
Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency
Season 1
Episodes
1. Warts and All - Portrait of a Prince
August 29, 2011
60 min
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. Developing the Regency Brand
September 5, 2011
60 min
Lucy Worsley looks at how, under the Prince Regent's aegis, Britain celebrated Napoleon's defeat by refashioning itself in architecture and design.
3. The Many and the Few - A Divided Decade
September 13, 2011
60 min
Lucy Worsley examines a world turned upside down by change, as the Prince Regent's excesses provoke riots, political unrest and assassination attempts.
