Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

2011 1 Seasons ⭐ 7.0
Documentary

Historian Lucy Worsley presents a series marking the 200th anniversary of one of the most explosive and creative decades in British history, the Regency.

Seasons

No image
1. Warts and All - Portrait of a Prince

2011-08-29

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.

No image
2. Developing the Regency Brand

2011-09-05

Lucy Worsley looks at how, under the Prince Regent's aegis, Britain celebrated Napoleon's defeat by refashioning itself in architecture and design.

No image
3. The Many and the Few - A Divided Decade

2011-09-13

Lucy Worsley examines a world turned upside down by change, as the Prince Regent's excesses provoke riots, political unrest and assassination attempts.

Top Cast

Lucy Worsley
Lucy Worsley

Similar Shows

Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War

Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War

Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways

Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways

King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons

King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons

Abroad Again in Britain

Abroad Again in Britain

Time Team

Time Team

Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain

Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain

Seven Ages of Britain

Seven Ages of Britain

Spying on the Royals

Spying on the Royals

Timeshift

Timeshift

My Grandparents' War

My Grandparents' War

Digging for Britain

Digging for Britain

Mary at 90: A Lifetime of Cooking

Mary at 90: A Lifetime of Cooking