• 1985
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End of Empire

Summary Series looking at the end of British imperial rule in various states. View more details

  • 1985
  • 50m

End of Empire

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Robin Ellis Phyllis Collins Alec Douglas-Home Julian Amery

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8.8

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Apr 14, 1985

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Granada Television

Summary Series looking at the end of British imperial rule in various states. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Apr 14, 1985

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Granada Television

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Apr 14, 1985
The Beginning of the End
How the fall of Singapore to the Japanese in World War II became a symbol of the British Empire's decline.
Episode 2 • Apr 21, 1985
India, Engine of War
Episode 3 • Apr 28, 1985
India The Muslim Card
Episode 4 • Dec 31, 1969
Divide and Quit
Episode 5 • May 19, 1985
Palestine
The end of British rule in Palestine and the creation of Israel.
Episode 6 • May 26, 1985
Iran
How the British Empire helped orchestrate the downfall of Mohammad Mosaddegh and returning the Shah to power, in exchange for Iranian oil.
Episode 7 • Feb 11, 1985
Egypt
Britain took Egypt as protectorate so it can build the Suez Canal. Nasser decides to take everything back.
Episode 8 • Feb 18, 1985
Aden
Aden was an obscure place in the Arabian peninsula which was important because it is the at the end of the Suez Canal. This is how it became the communist country of Yemen.
Episode 9 • Feb 25, 1985
Cyprus
Last days of British rule in Cyprus.
Episode 10 • Mar 04, 1985
The Gold Coast
How Ghana became the first African colony to gain independence and spur the "Winds of Change".
Episode 11 • Mar 11, 1985
Kenya
The African colony of Kenya is rocked with rebellion by the Mau Mau.
Episode 12 • Mar 18, 1985
The Rider and the Horse
The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was created with the intention of building a white state in black Africa. This was not to last.
Episode 13 • Mar 25, 1985
Rhodesia
The Federation has collapsed and in its place are a bunch black run nation states. Northern Rhodesia will do anything to resist the change.
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