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At Home with the Georgians

Amanda Vickery

Ross Wilson

Iain Scollay

At Home with the Georgians: Episode 2: A Woman's Touch

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A Woman's Touch

Episode 2

Episode 2: A Woman's Touch

BBC Two - At Home with the Georgians, A Woman's Touch

Amanda Vickery reveals how 'taste' became the buzzword of the age 300 years ago.

On a journey from stately home to pauper's attic Amanda Vickery reveals how 'taste' became the buzzword of the age and gave women a new outlet for their creativity.

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.

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BBC Two is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964.

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Amanda Vickery explores how the British obsession with our homes began 300 years ago

In this three part series, historian Amanda Vickery explores how the great British obsession with our homes began 300 years ago

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Until 03/01/2009 BBC Two Wales (analogue) was known simply as BBC Two Wales. BBC Two Wales (digital) was BBC 2W. From 03/01/2009 BBC Two Wales schedules on both analogue and digital became identical

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