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Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance - Episode Guide

Season 1

The Devil's Work?

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Nov 17, 2014

The Devil's Work?

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.

Revolution on the Dance Floor

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Nov 24, 2014

Revolution on the Dance Floor

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.

The Shock of the New

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Dec 1, 2014

The Shock of the New

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.

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