Dancing Cheek To Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance, BBC Four series, November 2014

Lucy Worsley and Len Goodman take to the floor to reveal the untold story of British dance. Over three episodes, they’ll show how Britain’s favourite popular dances from over the centuries offer a fascinating window into British society and our relationships with one another.

Each week, Lucy and Len will research and investigate a number of historic dances as well as train alongside a group of amateur dancers to recreate an iconic dance finale in full costume in a historic location. Tracking the story of popular dance from the 17th century to just before the Second World War, Len and Lucy will demonstrate how dance has always been about far more than just mastering the moves and feeling the rhythm. It’s about sex and seduction, power and politics, etiquette, economics, and of course, romance.

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