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Season 1
7.0/101 votesWarts and All - Portrait of a Prince
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/29/2011
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.
Director: Sebastian Barfield
Writer: Unknown
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Developing the Regency Brand
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/5/2011
Lucy Worsley looks at how, under the Prince Regent's aegis, Britain celebrated Napoleon's defeat by refashioning itself in architecture and design.
Director: Rachel Jardine
Writer: Unknown
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The Many and the Few - A Divided Decade
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/13/2011
Lucy Worsley examines a world turned upside down by change, as the Prince Regent's excesses provoke riots, political unrest and assassination attempts.
Director: Gerry Dawson
Writer: Unknown