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  • BBC Four

Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance

  • 2014
  • Returning Series
  • Documentary
  • ~59m / ep
  • 1 season

Len Goodman and Lucy Worsley uncover the British love affair with dancing, exploring the nation's favourite dances from the 17th to the 20th centuries.

Latest: Season 1 · 2014

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  1. E1. The Devil's Work?

    Nov 17, 2014 · 59m

    A look at how dancing went from being frowned upon as dangerous and debauched in the 17th century to being celebrated as an essential social skill in the 18th.

  2. E2. Revolution on the Dance Floor

    Nov 24, 2014 · 59m

    How Britain's dance floors were revolutionised in the 19th century as the slow, stately dances of an earlier era were replaced with faster, freer ones.

  3. E3. The Shock of the New

    Dec 1, 2014 · 59m

    Len Goodman and Lucy Worsley show how the first few decades of the 20th century saw the most rapid and revolutionary change in the history of British dance.