Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution

BBC Two HD

8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Sunday 24 May

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Part one of two. The historian examines the turning points that led to America's declaration of independence from Britain in 1776 and asks whether this explosive split could have been avoided. The eight-year war that followed claimed thousands of lives and ended in a humiliating defeat for George III, and Lucy sets out to uncover why America chose this path and how Britain's missteps fractured an empire and shook the monarchy