The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain

2014

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EP1 Episode 1 May 01, 2014

In 1714, to prevent the crown falling into the hands of a Catholic, Britain shipped in a ready-made royal family from the small German state of Hanover.

EP2 Episode 2 May 08, 2014

Lucy Worsley's inside story of Britain's imported German dynasty, reaches the reign of George II.

EP3 Episode 3 May 15, 2014

Dr Lucy Worsley's story reaches the final years of George II's reign.
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Released: 01 May 2014 Ended
Producted By: BBC
Country: United Kingdom
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Official Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01wq65t
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The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain, will present the revealing and surprising story of Britain in the reigns of George I and George II (1714-60) – the age of the ‘German Georges’. In 1714, Britain imported a new German royal family from Hanover, headed by Georg Ludwig (aka George I) - an uncharismatic, middle-aged man with a limited grasp of English. Lucy Worsley will reveal how this unlikely new dynasty secured the throne – and how they kept it. An intimate and close-up portrait of these German kings of Britain, the series will follow George I, his son George II, and their feuding family as they slowly established themselves in their adopted kingdom - despite ongoing threats from invading Jacobites and a lukewarm initial response from the British public.

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