Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley (2020- )

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Lucy Worsley discovers how the history of the Reformation has been manipulated and mythologised by generations of politicians and writers.

Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon created a religious and political schism between England and Europe that can be still be felt in Britain today. The Reformation is often portrayed as a lusty Royal soap opera, but Lucy reveals that it was about far more than a randy King in pursuit of a younger wife and a long-awaited male heir. It also laid the foundations for our modern constitution and economic power as an Empire.

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Scheduleevery Friday at 21:00 (60 min)

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Russian Revolution
Season 2Episode 360 min

Russian Revolution

We think we know the story of the Russian revolution - in October 1917, the Bolsheviks rose up, swept the tsar from power, and communism was born. In this film, Lucy explores the myths and fibs that swirl around the dramatic events of 1917. She finds it was really a group of women workers who kick-started the Russian Revolution in February 1917. At the time, the Bolsheviks tried to stop it, and Lenin, the radical leader of the Bolsheviks, wasn't even in the country.

Lucy discovers that the tsar was forced to abdicate long before the Bolsheviks took control. And she finds out how King George V betrayed his cousin by opposing the British government's offer of asylum to the tsar and his family. This was kept secret for decades.

Along the way, Lucy reveals how the Bolsheviks used films and books to big up the October revolution while belittling the February revolution as irrelevant and bourgeois. And when Lenin died in 1924, Stalin lied his way to the top - he repressed Lenin's last wishes and faked paintings and photographs to support his claim to be Lenin's chosen successor.

Nov 20, 2020

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EpisodeNameAirdate
S02E03Russian RevolutionNov 20, 2020
S02E02George IV and the RegencyNov 13, 2020
S02E01French RevolutionNov 6, 2020
S01E03Queen Anne and the UnionMar 3, 2020
S01E02The Spanish ArmadaFeb 25, 2020
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Lucy Worsley

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  • Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths and Secrets (United States)

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