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British History's Biggest Fibs With Lucy Worsley

Rating:3.7 of 5Total number of episodes:3Last broadcast:09/02/2017 at 21:00
February 2017
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February 9, 2017

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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 coup in 1858. After snatching control from the discredited East India Company, the new regime presented itself as a new kind of caring, sharing imperialism with Queen Victoria as its maternal Empress.
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February 2, 2017

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In this episode, Lucy debunks another of the biggest fibs in British history - the 'Glorious Revolution'.
January 2017
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January 26, 2017

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Lucy debunks the foundation myth of one of our favourite royal dynasties, the Tudors. 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 how the Tudors invented the story of the 'Wars of the Roses' after they came to power to justify their rule. She shows how Henry and his historians fabricated the scale of the conflict, forged Richard's ...
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