BBC – Lucy Worsley Investigates: Series 1 (2022) Part 4: Madness of King George
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Lucy Worsley re-investigates some of the most dramatic chapters in British history. She uncovers forgotten witnesses, re-examines old evidence and follows new clues.
Who killed the Princes in the tower in 1483? What actually caused the Black Death? Why did a witch craze sweep 16th century Britain? Was George III really mad? These are some of the most enduring and perplexing questions that have baffled academics and fascinated history fans for years – and this series sees historian Lucy Worsley turn sleuth by reopening and completely re-evaluating these infamous mysteries. The factual series unfolds like a thrilling investigation – keeping audiences guessing at every twist and turn.
In each episode Worsley takes a deep dive into a single event, mounting a comprehensive reinvestigation by assembling historical and contemporary evidence, following paper trails, re-examining scenes of crimes, tracking down lost records, and calling on the very best experts to help her completely reframe the past. She reveals cutting-edge discoveries that shed new light on the cases.
Lucy Worsley Investigates puts a modern lens on the past, exploring if these incidents have been obscured by centuries of historical thinking. Each episode brings a contemporary perspective to hugely topical and complex societal issues asking how changing attitudes to children, gender politics, class, inequality and mental health have obscured the answers to these cases. It uncovers new victims and new victors, challenging our perceptions and providing answers to each renowned mystery.
Witch trials. Murdered princes. The Black Death. Uncover the shocking truth behind history’s most infamous mysteries and find out what they say about our changing society. Lucy Worsley reinvestigates and reveals new evidence about some of British history’s biggest unsolved mysteries. She finds lost records, re-examines crime scenes and calls on experts to reframe each case in this remarkable history documentary. As she digs deeper, new light is shed on history’s most notorious moments.
Part 4: Madness of King George
Madness of King George. George III, an assassination attempt and a tale of mental illness that changed Britain. In 1788, the 50-year-old British king, George III, fell ill. His symptoms included talking for 19 hours at a time, being violently agitated and vivid hallucinations. How did his mental illness change Britain? In this illuminating history documentary, Lucy Worsley uncovers royal papers and explores how an assassination attempt on the King’s life by a mentally ill subject changed psychiatry forever. Lucy begins her investigation with the crisis of winter 1788, when the 50 year-old King fell ill, and explores the stresses in George’s personal and public life that may have triggered his mental health crisis. At Windsor Castle, in the Royal Archives, Lucy has access to the Georgian Papers and the private diary of Robert Greville, George’s equerry, who describes the King as talking for 19 hours at a time, being violently agitated and angry. Doctors were at a loss to understand the Kings illness and the country was on the brink of constitutional crisis. Using a 21st century understanding of George III’s condition as bipolar disorder, Lucy follows the clues and accounts of his hallucinations. She hears suggestions that grief over the deaths of his two young sons may have played a part in his illness, alongside ideas of democracy spreading across Europe, making this a challenging time to be a King. One of the innovations of George’s reign, the direct petitioning of the King by his subjects, led in 1786 to a woman called Margaret Nicholson attempting to stab him as she presented him with a petition. George, himself only two years away from his own major mental health crisis, declared: “Poor woman, she is mad, do not hurt her” and these words became iconic. The King’s own illness was widely rumoured and whispered about, and he and Margaret Nicholson became the most famous ‘mad people’ of the time, stimulating vital debate about the nature and treatment of mental illness. George’s condition in 1788 forced the Royal family to consult a medical outsider: a so called ‘mad doctor’, or early psychiatrist, called Francis Willis. Willis’s papers reveal that he involved the King in a combination of treatments including walking in the grounds of the palace. George recovered – temporarily – and the country celebrated. Margaret Nicholson would remain incarcerated at Bethlem asylum for the rest of her life. An MP friend of the King’s, who’d seen his illness at first hand, began a public enquiry into the scandalous conditions at Bethlem, leading to the start of reform in public asylums around the country. How did George’s mental illness change Britain? Lucy Worsley uncovers Royal papers and explores how the attempt on his life by a mentally ill subject changed psychiatry forever.
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