British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Overview

Lucy Worsley explores how British history is a concoction of fibs and stories manipulated by whoever was in power at the time.

Episodes

The Wars of the Roses

S01E01 The Wars of the Roses

January 26, 2017
According to the history books, after 30 years of bloody battles between the white-rosed Yorkists and the red-rosed Lancastrians, Henry Tudor rid us of civil war and the evil king Richard III. But Lucy reveals...
The Glorious Revolution

S01E02 The Glorious Revolution

February 2, 2017
In 1688, the British Isles were invaded by a huge army led by Dutch prince, William of Orange. With his English wife Mary he stole the throne from Mary's father, the Catholic King James II....
The Jewel in the Crown

S01E03 The Jewel in the Crown

February 9, 2017
In the final episode, Lucy debunks the fibs that surround the 'jewel in the crown' of the British Empire - India. Travelling to Kolkata, she investigates how the Raj was created following a British government...

Cast

Lucy Worsley
Lucy Worsley
Self - Presenter

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