ROYAL MYTHS @ SECRETS
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- 2020–7.4 (40)TV EpisodeDirectorLaura BlountStarsLucy WorsleySusan DoranAllison GoudieLucy Worsley discovers how the history of the Spanish Armada has been manipulated and mythologised by politicians and artists for generations.
- DirectorAndy HallStarsLucy WorsleyAnwar HusseinChris JacksonRoyal Palace's Joint Chief Curator, Lucy Worsley, explores the fascinating history of British Royal Family photographs, the controversies behind the infamous ones, and the propagandist tricks used to make the famous ones look just right.
- 201658m7.6 (95)TV EpisodeDirectorJohn DasStarsLucy WorsleySergei BogatyrevPhilip TaratorkinIn this first episode, 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.
- 201658m7.7 (76)TV EpisodeStarsLucy WorsleyVirginia RoundingNina TarasovaIn this episode she 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.
- 201658m7.7 (78)TV EpisodeDirectorSebastian BarfieldStarsRheta Childe DorrPraskovya Fedorovna DubrovinaPrincess Irina YusupovaLucy 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.
- DirectorPeter SweaseyStarsTom CosnelSean CunninghamAnnie GrayLucy Worlsey takes us back in time to see what it was like for the 12 days of Christmas in King Henry VIII day. From the food, presents, dress, dances, music, celebrations, customs and more. How some customs nowadays are based on that time. Using present day re-enactors, we get the real feel for the time period.
- 2020–7.8 (30)TV EpisodeStarsLucy WorsleyMathieu Da VinhaMichael RapportLucy Worsley explores some of the myths and fibs swirling around the French Revolution of 1789 and the uprising that brought down the french royal family. This violent revolution became the blueprint of many future revolutions across the world.
- 2020–7.4 (37)TV EpisodeDirectorTom CholmondeleyStarsLucy WorsleyHistorian Lucy Worsley explores how historical falsehoods including the movie The Favourite (2018) ruined the reputation of Queen Anne, a key English monarch responsible for the creation of Great Britain.