The Birth of Empire: The East India Company – Miniseries
2014
2 Episodes
Episodes
S01E01
Episode 1
Dan Snow travels through India in the footsteps of the company that revolutionised British lifestyles and laid the foundations for today's global trading systems.
30 Apr 201460m
S01E02
Episode 2
By 1800 the East India Company had grown from a tiny band of merchants into a colossal trading empire. But scandal and corruption in the 18th century had led to a curtailment of its powers by the British government.
07 May 201460m