Episode list

Empire

A Taste for Power
Jeremy Paxman traces the story of the British Empire. He begins by asking how such a small country got such a big head and came to rule a quarter of the world.
6.9 /10
Making Ourselves at Home
Jeremy Paxman traces the story of the British Empire. He continues by examining how traders, conquerors and settlers spread the British way of doing things.
7.1 /10
Playing the Game
Jeremy Paxman traces the story of the British Empire. He continues by tracing the growth of a peculiarly British type of hero.
7.4 /10
Making a Fortune
Jeremy Paxman continues his account of Britain's empire. He travels from Jamaica, where sugar made plantation owners rich on the backs of slaves, to Calcutta.
7.2 /10
Doing Good

Sun, Mar 25, 2012
In the final part of his personal account of Britain's empire, Jeremy Paxman tells the story of how a desire for conquest became a mission to improve the rest of mankind.
7.1 /10

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