Lucy Worsley, chief curator of the historic royal palaces, takes us through 800 years of domestic history by exploring the British home through four rooms, meeting experts and historians on the way

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  • BBC TV blog: If Walls Could Talk

    BBC TV blog: If Walls Could Talk

    Lucy Worsley: "The bathroom's laggardly development is one of the things that surprised me most about the home's history."

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  • Changes in British domestic life

    Changes in British domestic life

    Telling the story of British domestic life from the Middle Ages to the present day through four rooms – the kitchen, the bedroom, the bathroom and the lounge – Lucy examines ever-shifting attitudes to privacy, class, cleanliness and technology.

  • Doctor in the house

    Doctor in the house

    In the series, Dr Lucy Worsley recreates a range of domestic experiences, from attempting to do a Tudor laundry to cooking and eating a meal in a medieval crofter's cottage.

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