All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Georgian Britain

    • April 20, 2021
    • BBC Two

    Lisa Eldridge explores the peacocks of British history: the Georgians. This was a period of extreme ostentation, but the glamour of the look stemmed from the turbulence of the age.

  • S01E02 Victorian Britain

    • April 27, 2021
    • BBC Two

    Lisa Eldridge explores how the Victorians prized natural beauty above all else in an era when make-up was frowned upon, but where women still found sneaky ways to paint their faces.

  • S01E03 Britain In The Roaring 20s

    • May 4, 2021
    • BBC Two

    Lisa Eldridge explores her favourite era for makeup - Britain in the roaring 20s. This is the moment when modern makeup, as we know it, arrived in women’s handbags, and it is no coincidence that it appeared at a moment of huge change in British society. Lisa takes us on a journey through a critical few years when makeup turned from something shocking to almost a requirement for women everywhere.