Almost Royal

2014 • BBC America
4.3
42 reviews
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Season 1 episodes (7)

1 Boston
6/20/14
British royalty Georgie and Poppy Carlton travel to Boston to discover a bit of American history. They learn about the British humiliation in the Revolutionary War, come away parched from a Tea Party meeting, 'trash talk' with a local baseball team and attempt to rewrite history during a battle re-enactment.
2 Los Angeles
6/20/14
A very unconventional royal tour of America continues in Los Angeles. Distant heirs to the throne, siblings Georgie and Poppy Carlton are the latest Brits on the scene. After a bicycle ride around Beverly Hills and a consultation with a plastic surgeon, they meet with some Hollywood movers and shakers in an attempt to launch Poppy's acting career.
3 Texas
6/27/14
Britain's most regal aristocrats -- Georgie and Poppy Carlton -- embrace the Texan way of life. When they're not saddling up on a ranch or embracing the culture, they're hitting the studio to record their own Tejano music and bidding at an auction for cattle semen. There's also a chance to be thrown in the air by a team of cheerleaders and to get under the skin of the local taxidermist.
4 New York
7/4/14
True Brits Georgie and Poppy have arrived in a very chilled New York. A local hipster in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood introduces them to the art of proper coffee making, they are relieved to discover that a 'selfie' isn't what they feared it was, and Poppy makes an unforgettable appearance at New York Fashion Week.
5 Detroit
7/11/14
Intrepid British aristocrats Georgie and Poppy Carlton receive a real culture shock when they visit Detroit. They ruin their manicures working as car mechanics, help smash up a derelict house, get caught up in a rap battle, brush up on their ballet twirls, and end up in a wrestling ring in front of a hostile audience.
6 Washington, DC
7/18/14
Aristocratic British siblings Georgie and Poppy Carlton are in Washington D.C., reaching to the very heart of American politics. As well as hiring themselves a Capitol speechwriter and meeting with a rather easily-distracted congressman, they help out in a food kitchen, and come face to face with some gun toting gals. Then, a night at the opera ends with something precious left behind.
7 Nashville
7/25/14
Yee Haw! The regal Carlton siblings are in Nashville, Tennessee. Poppy seizes the opportunity to launch herself as a country-pop fusion star, while Georgie gets bitten by a fish and has an embarrassing confession to make upon coming face-to-face with an American icon (and the subject of his adolescent fantasies).

About this show

Georgie (Ed Gamble) and Poppy Carlton (Amy Hoggart) are heirs to Caunty Manor, a large country estate in Norfolk, England, where they have enjoyed privileged lives as distant descendants of the British Royal Family. They have agreed to have a camera crew follow them on an unofficial royal tour of the greatest country on earth: the United States of America. While also commemorating their late father, Lord Carlton, the road trip will provide the sheltered siblings with an opportunity to spread their wings and see the world. Georgie and Poppy have never worked a day in their lives, driven themselves anywhere or solved any problem more complex than telling their butler to tell their cook what they want for lunch.

Ratings and reviews

4.3
42 reviews
Jetty Wallace
June 30, 2014
This show is hilarious w/ a brilliant concept. Take two British actors, have them pretend to be royalty and take "a royal tour" Around America. If you don't enjoy British humor from things like Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, The Office, etc. then you won't like this show, however if you get British humor this BBC America Original is a breath of fresh air in a world where quality comedy on television is a dying breed
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Natalie Lang
June 21, 2014
There's a difference in being funny, and just being a pure ditz. You would think being 84th and 85th in line they would have a little more comments "since". lol
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Jeremy Markey
June 21, 2014
I thought it was the British equivalent of keeping up with the kardashians, only more funnier and interesting. Spot on!!!
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