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Season 1 – Empire

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Jeremy Paxman traces the rise and fall of the British Empire.
Empire — Season 1

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Jeremy Paxman

Host

Basil Comely

Executive Producer

Julian Birkett

Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Feb 27, 2012 A Taste for Power How Britain takes and holds power; Indian soldiers and maharajahs help British traders take over vast areas of land; Britain's temporary peace-keeping visit to Egypt turns into a 70-year occupation. Details Episode 2 Aired Mar 5, 2012 Making Ourselves at Home Early British traders wear Indian costume and take Indian wives; a Canadian town exudes pride for its Scottish ancestry; descendants of the first white settlers in Kenya. Details Episode 3 Aired Mar 12, 2012 Playing the Game The growth of sport and the sports hero; Victorian explorers search for the source of the Nile; the story of General Gordon; horse racing in Hong Kong; cricket in Jamaica. Details Episode 4 Aired Mar 19, 2012 Making a Fortune Sugar makes plantation owners rich in Jamaica; opium wars; unfair trading sparks the independence movement in India. Details Episode 5 Aired Mar 26, 2012 Doing Good Traveling in the footsteps of David Livingstone in Central Africa; Cecil Rhodes; conflict between white settlers and the African population in Kenya. Details
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Season Info

Executive Producer
Basil Comely
Network
BBC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Documentary, History
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Feb 27, 2012