Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
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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?
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1 Season • 6 Episodes
50 min per episode
2003 – 2003
Premiered: Thu, Jan 9, 2003
Creative Production Team
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Season 1, Episode 6: “Empire for Sale”
The fall of the British empire is usually attributed to Nationalist groups fighting for independence, yet as Niall Ferguson argues in this final programme of the series, it was really due to the crippling cost of running the empire and financing the two World Wars. He reflects on the achievements and problems of the empire and concludes that in its twilight years Britain did more good than harm in fighting two far worse empires, namely Japan and Germany. Visiting some of the hot spots of the two World Wars and of the campaigns for independence that followed, such as Gallipoli, Istanbul, Suez, Amritsar and Singapore, presenter Niall Ferguson gives us a vivid picture of an empire on its last legs.
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What is Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World about?
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?
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Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World comprises 1 season available to explore.
Who stars in Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World?
Key cast members in Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World include Niall Ferguson.
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