British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

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British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley - Season 1 Episode 1

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Title: British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley - Season 1 Episode 1
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Studio: BBC Four
Cast: Lucy Worsley
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Keyword: british history

Overview: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 monstrous persona and even conjured up the image of competing roses. When our greatest storyteller William Shakespeare got in on the act and added his own spin, Tudor fiction was cemented as historical fact. Taking the story right up to date, with the discovery of Richard III's bones in a Leicester car park, Lucy discovers how 15th-century fibs remain as compelling as they were over 500 years ago. As one colleague tells Lucy: 'Never believe an historian!

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First Air Date: Jan 26, 2017 Last Air date: Feb 09, 2017 Season: 1 Season Episode: 3 Episode Runtime: 26:14 minutes Quality: HD IMDb: 4.5 / 10 by 2 users Popularity: 1.6386 Language: en

Season 1

1. The Wars of the Roses2017-01-26
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2. The Glorious Revolution2017-02-02
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3. The Jewel in the Crown2017-02-09
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British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley - Season 1 Episode 1

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