American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley: The American Civil War
02:00 am - 03:00 am, Saturday, March 14 on U&Yesterday (27)
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The American Civil War
Season 1, Episode 2
Lucy Worsley debunks the myths behind the American Civil War, revealing how its history has been retold over the years to promote freedom and equality but also hatred and division. She reveals how Abraham Lincoln's personal views, and the behaviour of his troops towards African Americans, were not as noble as they appeared. She also learns how history was rewritten in a bid to downplay the evils of slavery, and how a 1905 blockbuster film about the Civil War relaunched the Ku Klux Klan with terrifying results
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Lucy Worsley
(Presenter)
Born:
December 18, 1973
in
Reading, Berkshire
Best Known For:
Presenting various historical documentaries for the BBC.
Early-life:
Born on December 18, 1973 in Reading, Berkshire. Lucy moved frequently as a child with her father's job as a geologist, travelling to such countries as Canada, Iceland and Norway before the family settled in Nottingham. She studied ancient and modern history at New College, which is part of Oxford University. She graduated in 1995 with a first-class. Lucy started out as a curator for Milton Manor before going on to work for English Heritage and writing the English Heritage guide to Bolsover Castle. She then worked for Glasgow Museums before becoming chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces.
Career:
Worsley's earliest TV presenting roles include If Walls Could Talk and Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency, which she worked on in 2011. She co-presented Antiques Uncovered with Mark Hill in 2012. Worsley's series A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley was broadcast in 2013 and she presented The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain the year after. Since then, she has presented such series as Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley, Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey, A Very British History, Six Wives with Lucy Worsley and History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley.
Quote:
'The people who like my programmes like real ale, they like old guns and old trains, and they also like a nice dress.'
Trivia:
She enjoys cross country running and represented Berkshire when she was a teenager.
Chris Granlund
(Executive producer)
