Mayhem: Secret Lives Of The Georgian Kings on SBS and SBS on Demand S1E1 – The Georgian Kings belong to one of the most dysfunctional royal dynasties in British history.
Loved and loathed by the public in equal measure, their scandals, back-stabbings, feuds and betrayals shaped an entire era of British history. This is a true-life succession story in the 18th Century.
Combining drama reconstruction with expert testimony from leading historians, Mayhem: Secret Lives of the Georgian Kings will turn everything you thought you knew about the Georgian era on its head.
Episode One: George I: Luck and Loathing
Catapulted onto the British throne by an extraordinary sequence of events, George the I’s life is overshadowed by marital turmoil and violent father-son fallouts. Arriving in Britain, he must navigate the social and political chaos of a nation still emerging from a period of bitter civil war.
Episode Two: George II: Warrior King
Famed for his military exploits, George II’s biggest battles were in fact with his family. George never recovered from the psychological scars left when his father exiled his mother. His bitter conflict with his father tarnishes his whole life, threatening the entire Hanoverian succession.
Mayhem: Secret Lives Of The Georgian Kings will be available to stream free on SBS On Demand.
Mayhem: Secret Lives Of The Georgian Kings on SBS and SBS on Demand – New Series Premiere / Sunday 28 July at 7.30pm (4 Parts)
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Mayhem: Secret Lives Of The Georgian Kings on SBS and SBS on Demand S1E1
