Lucy Worsley's American Revolution

[TommyT139]

Lucy Worsley, British historian, has turned her attention to little-known facets of the American Revolution, as seen from the British perspective. In her usual quirky style, she covers quite a lot in this two- episode series filmed in the UK and the US.

Both episodes are showing this week on PBS, and are also streaming free, besides being accessible through the PBS app (for donors, I believe).

My partner and I will watch anything she does -- and she's done a lot! -- and we were thrilled to be able to watch this just before the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington.

The full title is "Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution." I have the best luck when searching under her name, if that's an option on your system.

https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/lucy-worsley-investigates-the-american-revolution/

[dflprincess]

1. While I was watching it last week

I was separating the badges and lanyards we used at our Senate District convention the prior Saturday to make sure the lanyards were ready to use at the next convention in 2026.

The thought came to me that that's what the Revolution led to; me, sitting in front of the TV, counting lanyards into groups of 10.

[TommyT139]

2. Full episode on youtube

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Not sure for how long, but it's nice to have in this format!

[LisaM]

3. Lucy Worsley is a good historian and I like her shows.

But I do wish she wouldn't dress in period clothing and wink at us! It's so unnecessary.

[TommyT139]

4. She doesn't do that in this series, if that's any comfort.

[LisaM]

5. That would help!

I do plan to watch it.