Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets

Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets

Continuing First aired 21/Jun/2020 United Kingdom English 2 season(s) 6 episode(s)
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In this 3-part documentary series, Lucy Worsley travels across Britain and Europe visiting the locations where royal history was made. In palaces and castles and on battlefields she investigates how royal history is a mixture of facts, exaggeration, manipulation and mythology.
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Season 2 · Season 2
3 episode(s) · Air date: 29/Aug/2021
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The Russian Revolution
Air date: 12/Sep/2021 · Runtime: 54 min
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The October Revolution of 1917 has gone down in history as the only Russian Revolution that really mattered. But Lucy Worsley reveals that the earlier revolution in February 1917 was downplayed in Bolshevik history books and films, despite the fact that it was the truly spontaneous popular uprising that swept the Czar from power.

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The October Revolution of 1917 has gone down in history as the only Russian Revolution that really mattered. But Lucy Worsley reveals that the earlier revolution in February 1917 was downplayed in Bolshevik history books and films, despite the fact that it was the truly spontaneous popular uprising that swept the Czar from power.

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George IV and the Regency
Air date: 05/Sep/2021 · Runtime: 54 min
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Lucy Worsley reveals how mental health problems forced King George III to relinquish power to his debauched and extravagant son, George IV. Was this really an era of elegance and regal splendor or an age of radicalism and revolution? How were myths and secrets used to save the British monarchy?

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Lucy Worsley reveals how mental health problems forced King George III to relinquish power to his debauched and extravagant son, George IV. Was this really an era of elegance and regal splendor or an age of radicalism and revolution? How were myths and secrets used to save the British monarchy?

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The Reformation
Air date: 29/Aug/2021 · Runtime: 54 min
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Was Henry VIII's desire to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn the real reason for England's split from Catholic Europe? Or was a secret political agenda at work behind the scenes?

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Was Henry VIII's desire to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn the real reason for England's split from Catholic Europe? Or was a secret political agenda at work behind the scenes?

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Season 1 · Season 1
3 episode(s) · Air date: 21/Jun/2020
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Marie Antoinette: The Doomed Queen
Air date: 05/Jul/2020 · Runtime: 54 min
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Find out why Marie Antoinette is often blamed for causing the French Revolution by saying “let them eat cake” to her starving subjects. Lucy Worsley uncovers the myths and secrets that led the doomed queen to the guillotine.

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Find out why Marie Antoinette is often blamed for causing the French Revolution by saying “let them eat cake” to her starving subjects. Lucy Worsley uncovers the myths and secrets that led the doomed queen to the guillotine.

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Queen Anne: The Mother of Great Britain
Air date: 28/Jun/2020 · Runtime: 54 min
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Investigate why Queen Anne’s powerful role in the forging of Great Britain has often been forgotten. Lucy Worsley shares the inside story of the salacious gossip about Anne’s love life that helped destroy her image and legacy.

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Investigate why Queen Anne’s powerful role in the forging of Great Britain has often been forgotten. Lucy Worsley shares the inside story of the salacious gossip about Anne’s love life that helped destroy her image and legacy.

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Elizabeth I: The Warrior Queen
Air date: 21/Jun/2020 · Runtime: 54 min
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Join Lucy Worsley for an exploration of how Elizabeth I’s image as a warrior queen, created by a series of myths and secrets about her victory over the Spanish Armada, shaped British national identity for centuries.

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Join Lucy Worsley for an exploration of how Elizabeth I’s image as a warrior queen, created by a series of myths and secrets about her victory over the Spanish Armada, shaped British national identity for centuries.

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Lucy Worsley
Lucy Worsley
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Tori Burgess
Tori Burgess
Young Elizabeth
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Mat Urey
Feria
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John Williams
King Philip
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Gregor Davidson
Henry VIII
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Stephen Clyde
Thomas Cromwell
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Hannah Young
Anne Boleyn
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Beverly Watson
Catherine of Aragon
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Lynsey-Anne Moffat
Queen Anne
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Natalie Clark
Sarah Churchill
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Kayleigh Taylor
Abigail Masham
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Emma Snellgrove
Marie Antoinette
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Gavin Paul
Robespierre
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Paul Thomas Clark
George IV
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Nick Cheales
George III
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Chara Gallos-Alan
Maria Fitzherbert
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Alan Stobie
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Holly Gibb
Caroline of Brunswick

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Andrew Thompson
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Kate Misrahi
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Laura Blount
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Tom Cholmondeley
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