Imagine stepping into a time machine. You leave behind the flashing electric lights of the modern world. Instead, you step into the flickering candlelight of the sixteenth century. This is the journey we take in A Merry Tudor Christmas with Lucy Worsley.
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Five years after the catastrophic fire that threatened to destroy one of France’s most beloved landmarks, the restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral is entering its final, crucial phase. In this third episode of the documentary series, renowned historian Lucy Worsley gains unprecedented access to the monumental rebuilding efforts as the historic cathedral prepares for its much-anticipated reopening.
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Portrait Artist of the Year 2024 Episode 5 is back with all the color, charisma, and creative intensity you’ve come to expect from this celebrated art competition. Hosted by the ever-charming Stephen Mangan, this episode features three fascinating celebrity sitters—Lucy Worsley, Ricky Hatton, and Musa Motha
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In Lucy Worsley: Mozart’s London Odyssey captivating documentary, she uncovers the forgotten tale of a young prodigy’s adventures in the bustling heart of Georgian London. I
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American History’s Biggest Fibs episode 3: In the third and final film in the series, Lucy Worsley reveals the historic myths and deceptions told following the United States’ emergence as a superpower after the Second World War. We often remember the 1950s and early 1960s in America as a golden era of abundance, harmony and the American dream made real. This film reveals that to be a carefully constructed illusion. In truth, the era of America’s supremacy was a time of government deception, racial conflict and fears of nuclear annihilation. Lucy Worsley reveals the myths and manipulations behind
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American History’s Biggest Fibs episode 2: In the second programme of this three-part series, Lucy Worsley debunks the myths behind one of the USA’s great historical landmarks: the American Civil War. At the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington DC, Lucy explains that Abraham Lincoln has gone down in history as the saviour of the union, and for ending slavery. He did it at the expense of the bloodiest conflict ever to take place on American soil, a civil war that pitted Lincoln’s ‘free’ North against the slave-owning Confederate states in the South. But Lucy reveals that Lincoln’s personal views,
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American History’s Biggest Fibs episode 1: In the first of a three-part series, Lucy Worsley explores how American history has been mythologised and manipulated by generations of politicians, writers and protesters. This episode examines the American Revolution – a David-and-Goliath battle of men with high ideals taking on the might of the British Empire. But how much of America’s founding story is based on fact? Lucy Worsley reveals the myths and manipulations behind American history. Lucy Worsley is a British historian, author, curator, and television presenter. She is Joint Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces but is best
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Lucy Worsley Investigates – Madness of King George: How did George’s mental illness change Britain? Lucy Worsley uncovers Royal papers and explores how the attempt on his life by a mentally ill subject changed psychiatry forever. The historian examines four dramatic chapters in British history, exploring how changing attitudes to gender politics, class inequality, mental health and children can challenge perceptions of the past and provide new answers to each myster. She begins with the 16th-century witch hunts, when thousands of ordinary people, mostly women, were hunted down, tortured and killed across Scotland and England. Lucy Worsley investigates
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Lucy Worsley Investigates – Princes in the Tower: What really happened to the princes in the tower? Lucy Worsley uncovers the story of the two boys whose disappearance in 1483 has led to centuries of mystery and speculation. The historian examines four dramatic chapters in British history, exploring how changing attitudes to gender politics, class inequality, mental health and children can challenge perceptions of the past and provide new answers to each myster. She begins with the 16th-century witch hunts, when thousands of ordinary people, mostly women, were hunted down, tortured and killed across Scotland and England. Lucy
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Lucy Worsley Investigates – The Black Death: How did the Black Death change Britain? Lucy Worsley examines the latest science and explores how the huge death toll affected religious beliefs, class structure, work and women. The historian examines four dramatic chapters in British history, exploring how changing attitudes to gender politics, class inequality, mental health and children can challenge perceptions of the past and provide new answers to each myster. She begins with the 16th-century witch hunts, when thousands of ordinary people, mostly women, were hunted down, tortured and killed across Scotland and England. Lucy Worsley investigates the
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Lucy Worsley Investigates – The Witch Hunts: We all think we know what we mean by a witch, but behind the clichés of pointy hats and broomsticks lies a terrifying history that’s been largely forgotten. Four hundred years ago, thousands of ordinary people, the vast majority of them women, were hunted down, tortured and killed in witch hunts across Scotland and England. Lucy Worsley investigates what lay behind these horrifying events. She begins her investigation in North Berwick, a seaside town not far from Edinburgh, where the witch hunting craze began. The story goes that, in 1590, a
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The first film in this three-part series looks at a history of domestic pottery in Britain from Tudor times onwards, tracing the evolution of its different techniques and styles, and examining what our pots can tell us in intimate detail how preceding generations lived and saw themselves.
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