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📊 Series Specifications
Network BBC Two
Episode Runtime ~ min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 3
Original Language EN
Make-up: A Glamorous History (2021)
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Returning Series Series Status:
Currently airing weekly on international broadcast networks.
Synopsis
Georgian dandies, demure Victorians and decadent flappers. Make-up artist Lisa Eldridge reveals the beauty of bygone eras, using make-up as a window into the world we live in.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
3 Episodes E1 Georgian Britain
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.
E2 Victorian Britain
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.
E3 Britain in the Roaring 20s
Lisa Eldridge takes us back to Britain in the 1920s. She explores how the look of the flappers reflected the new freedoms of the era and recreates a classic 1920s look.