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?
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | Why Britain? | 2003-01-04 | 50 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | White Plague | 2003-01-11 | 50 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | The Mission | 2003-01-18 | 50 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | Heaven's Breed | 2003-01-25 | 50 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | Maxim Force | 2003-02-01 | 50 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | Empire for Sale | 2003-02-08 | 50 min |