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Reinventing Russia
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/2016
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.
Director: John Das
Writer: Unknown
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Age of Extremes
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/2016
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.
Director: John Das
Writer: Unknown
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The Road to Revolution
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/2016
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.
Director: Sebastian Barfield
Writer: Unknown