Regency House Party is a historical reality television

Reality television

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 programme made by Wall to Wall/Channel 4

Channel 4

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 in 2004. It is the fourth in a series of historical reality series produced by Channel 4, preceded by The 1900 House

The 1900 House

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, The 1940s House

The 1940s House

The 1940s House is a British historical reality television programme made by Wall to Wall/Channel 4 in 2001 about a modern family that tries to the live as a typical middle-class family in London during The Blitz of World War II. It was shown on Channel 4 in the UK in 2001, and in 2002 on PBS in...

, and The Edwardian Country House

The Edwardian Country House

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In the series a group of five men and five women, accompanied by four older female "chaperones," are given the identities of Regency-era singles. Participants received instruction in the upper class

Upper class

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 courtship rituals of the time and were charged with seeking out a suitable marriages within the group.

The identities assigned range from titled

Peerage

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 aristocracy

Aristocracy

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 and other wealthy members of society to middle class

Middle class

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 social climbers. One woman is assigned the role of the ladies' assistant and is thus excluded, according to the conventions of the times, from many of the social activities in the house.

External links

• "Regency House Party" - Channel4.com
• "Regency House Party" - PBS.com
• Regency House Party at the Internet Movie Database
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