At Home with the Georgians ambient background
CinebyCineby
At Home with the Georgians backdrop

At Home with the Georgians

At Home with the Georgians

2010•1h 0m•B-15•Documentary
Similars

In this three part series, historian Amanda Vickery explores how the great British obsession with our homes began 300 years ago. Using the intimate diaries and letters of Georgian men and women, previously lost to history, she explores how the desire for a home revolutionised relationships between men and women.

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateDec 2, 2010

Episodes

E160m

A Man's Place

Amanda Vickery uncovers some surprising truths about the lives of spinsters and bachelors, about how the home became crucial to the success or otherwise of a marriage, and perhaps the biggest surprise of all - that setting up home in the 18th century was not driven by women as you might expect, but by men. .

Dec 2, 2010

E260m

A Woman's Touch

The British obsession with beautifying our homes is not a new phenomenon - it began with a vengeance in the Georgian era. In this second programme of the series historian Amanda Vickery - on a journey from stately home to pauper's attic - reveals how 'taste' became the buzzword of the age 300 years ago and gave women a new outlet for their creativity, raising their status in the home as a consequence. But with it came new anxieties about getting it right.

Dec 9, 2010

E360m

Safe as Houses

In this third part of the series about how the British obsession with our homes began 300 years ago, historian Amanda Vickery uses sources, from intimate diaries to Old Bailey records, to reveal how the 18th century home was constantly under threat from theft, fire, divorce, poverty, illness, old age and death. Georgian houses may seem like sanctuaries of calm elegance to us today, but at the time they were noisy chaotic places bursting with extended families, servants and lodgers and threatened by the lawlessness of Georgian streets. How did the Georgians make their houses havens of safety and security? How did the Englishman fight to make his home his castle?

Dec 16, 2010

Actors

Amanda Vickery

Amanda Vickery

Self - Presenter

Recommendations

The Civil War
American Experience
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
The Circus
American Masters
Mysteries at the Museum
Top Gear
Savage Kingdom
The Americas
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers
History's Greatest Mysteries
The Food That Built America
Superpowered: The DC Story
Super/Natural
MegaStructures
The Dynasty: New England Patriots
Fear Thy Neighbor
Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser
The War

Similars

Island of the Sea Wolves
Penguins on a Plane: Great Animal Moves
On the Edge: World Cup Ski Racing
Wild Boys: Strangers in Town
Origin: The Story of the Basketball Africa League
American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders
The Swift Effect
Life on a Knife's Edge
Maradona in Mexico
Age of Tanks
Small Town News: KPVM Pahrump
Girl on the Run: The Hunt for America's Most Wanted Woman
Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke
Superstructures: Engineering Marvels
Thank You, Goodnight - The Bon Jovi Story
Who Killed Little Gregory?
Apocalypse: World War I
Stalkers Who Kill
Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association
Murder in Glitterball City