3 episodes

Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley - Season 1

First aired Jan 6, 2016Season 1

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GenerationofSwine

Jan 12, 2023

1.0

OMG, it's the Romanovs and they made it boring. It's honestly as dull and boring as an art history documentary. When it really should be chaotic and dynamic and and riveting. Years back, in the early '00s, the History Channel did a "Russia Land of the Tsars" documentary that isn't exactly as focused, but is still a LOT more... entertaining. There is no reason why you should sit through a documentary about the Tsars and have it put you to sleep. The execution was horrible.

Episodes

Episode 1

Reinventing Russia

6.3

Jan 6, 201660 min3 votes

Lucy investigates the beginning of the Romanovs' 300-year reign in Russia. In 1613, when Russia was leaderless, 16-year-old Mikhail Romanov was plucked from obscurity and offered the crown of Russia. Mikhail was granted absolute power and began the reign of the Romanovs as the most influential dynasty in modern European history.

Episode 2

Age of Extremes

7.0

Jan 13, 201660 min3 votes

Lucy examines the extraordinary reign of Catherine the Great, and the traumatic conflict with Napoleonic France that provides the setting for the novel War and Peace.

Episode 3

The Road to Revolution

7.0

Jan 20, 201660 min1 votes

Lucy Worsley concludes her history of the Romanov dynasty, investigating how the family's grip on Russia unraveled in their final century. She shows how the years 1825-1918 were bloody and traumatic, a period when four tsars tried - and failed - to deal with the growing pressure for constitutional reform and revolution.