Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World

How did Britain come to rule the world? asks Niall Ferguson in Empire. What would today's world be like now if it hadn't? Could such an organisation – run by, according to Winston Churchill, 'the greedy trader, the inopportune missionary, the ambitious soldier and the lying spectator' – ever have been a force for good?

Format
TV
Episodes
6
Episode Duration
50 mins
Status
Finished
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Type
Drama
Format
TV
Episodes
6
Episode Duration
50 mins
Status
Finished
Start Date
Jan 9, 2003
Season
2003
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0
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0
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0
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Producers
Blakeway Productions, Channel 4
Genres
Documentary
Country
GB

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How did Britain come to rule the world? asks Niall Ferguson in Empire. What would today's world be like now if it hadn't? Could such an organisation – run by, according to Winston Churchill, 'the greedy trader, the inopportune missionary, the ambitious soldier and the lying spectator' – ever have been a force for good?

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Japanese

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