3 episodes
Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency - Season 1
First aired Aug 29, 2011Season 1
Browse all 3 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.
Episodes
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Episode 1
Warts and All - Portrait of a Prince
Aug 29, 201160 min1 votes
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.
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Episode 2
Developing the Regency Brand
Sep 5, 201160 min1 votes
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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Episode 3
The Many and the Few - A Divided Decade
Sep 13, 201160 min1 votes
Lucy Worsley examines a world turned upside down by change, as the Prince Regent's excesses provoke riots, political unrest and assassination attempts.