| Summary: | Inside the gilded halls of the House of Lords – at the heart of the UK government – the Lords face contentious bills, eccentric traditions, bubbling tensions, and a fight for their future. Meet the Lords provides an insider’s glimpse into an astonishing world full of bizarre rules and age-old traditions. This is a world where staff carry swords and peers still dress in ermine-trimmed red robes for grand ceremonies. Tensions build as the Lords face up to the government, the public and each other. What lies in store for the House of Lords? Will reformists succeed in overhauling the system or will the traditionalists win out in the end? This episode introduces the larger-than-life characters that populate the House of Lords, one of Britain's oldest, most idiosyncratic and most important institutions. In a TV first, Meet the Lords has exclusive access to film behind the scenes in a turbulent year which has seen dramatic changes in the political landscape and the Lords battling it out with the government. This episode features new people's peers, hereditaries and political grandees as they try to change legislation, follow their personal passions and clash with the government, all in a Gothic palace where centuries-old ceremony and tradition dominate. This is the first time free-roaming cameras have ever been allowed to film in the Lords Chamber and in its committees.
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