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Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets

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About Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets

Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets is a documentary TV series that premiered on PBS on June 21, 2020. It has 2 seasons and 6 episodes so far and is still airing new episodes. The latest episode, Season 2 Episode 3 "The Russian Revolution", aired on September 12, 2021.

In this 3-part documentary series, Lucy Worsley travels across Britain and Europe visiting the locations where royal history was made. In palaces and castles and on battlefields she investigates how royal history is a mixture of facts, exaggeration, manipulation and mythology.

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Episodes

6 episodes · 2 seasons

Season 1

2020 · 3 episodes · Last episode: 6 years ago

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    3. Marie Antoinette: The Doomed Queen

    Finale

    Find out why Marie Antoinette is often blamed for causing the French Revolution by saying “let them eat cake” to her starving subjects. Lucy Worsley uncovers the myths and secrets that led the doomed queen to the guillotine.

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    2. Queen Anne: The Mother of Great Britain

    Investigate why Queen Anne’s powerful role in the forging of Great Britain has often been forgotten. Lucy Worsley shares the inside story of the salacious gossip about Anne’s love life that helped destroy her image and legacy.

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    1. Elizabeth I: The Warrior Queen

    Join Lucy Worsley for an exploration of how Elizabeth I’s image as a warrior queen, created by a series of myths and secrets about her victory over the Spanish Armada, shaped British national identity for centuries.

Season 2

2021 · 3 episodes · Last episode: 5 years ago

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    3. The Russian Revolution

    Finale

    The October Revolution of 1917 has gone down in history as the only Russian Revolution that really mattered. But Lucy Worsley reveals that the earlier revolution in February 1917 was downplayed in Bolshevik history books and films, despite the fact that it was the truly spontaneous popular uprising that swept the Czar from power.

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    2. George IV and the Regency

    Lucy Worsley reveals how mental health problems forced King George III to relinquish power to his debauched and extravagant son, George IV. Was this really an era of elegance and regal splendor or an age of radicalism and revolution? How were myths and secrets used to save the British monarchy?

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    1. The Reformation

    Was Henry VIII's desire to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn the real reason for England's split from Catholic Europe? Or was a secret political agenda at work behind the scenes?

Cast & crew

  • Tori Burgess

    Tori Burgess

    Young Elizabeth

  • Mat Urey

    Feria

  • John Williams

    King Philip

  • Gregor Davidson

    Henry VIII

  • Stephen Clyde

    Thomas Cromwell

  • Hannah Young

    Anne Boleyn

  • Beverly Watson

    Catherine of Aragon

  • Lynsey-Anne Moffat

    Queen Anne

  • Natalie Clark

    Sarah Churchill

  • Kayleigh Taylor

    Abigail Masham

  • Emma Snellgrove

    Marie Antoinette

  • Gavin Paul

    Robespierre

  • Alan Stobie

    Executioner

  • Paul Thomas Clark

    George IV

  • Nick Cheales

    George III

  • Chara Gallos-Alan

    Maria Fitzherbert

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The most recent episode of Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets, Season 2 Episode 3 "The Russian Revolution", aired on September 12, 2021.

How many seasons of Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets are there?

Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets has 2 seasons with 6 episodes in total.

When did Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets first air?

Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets first aired on PBS on June 21, 2020.

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