The Birth of Empire: The East India Company Episode #1.1 (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 50 min | Documentary, History

The Birth of Empire: The East India Company

Episode #1.1 (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 50 min | Documentary, History

Dan Snow travels through India in the footsteps of the company that revolutionised the British lifestyle and laid the foundations of today's global trading systems. 400 years ago British merchants landed on the coast of India and founded a...See moreDan Snow travels through India in the footsteps of the company that revolutionised the British lifestyle and laid the foundations of today's global trading systems. 400 years ago British merchants landed on the coast of India and founded a trading post to export goods to London. Over the next 200 years, their tiny business grew into a commercial titan. Using the letters and diaries of the men and women who were there, this documentary tells the story of the East India Company, which revolutionised the British lifestyle, sparked a new age of speculation and profit and by accident created one of the most powerful empires in history. Yet inexorable rise ended in ignominy. Dogged by allegations of greed, corruption and corporate excess, by the 1770s the company's reputation was in tatters. Blamed for turning its back as millions died in the Bengal famine, and thrown into crisis by a credit crunch in Britain, the world's most powerful company had run out of cash, sparking a government intervention. See less

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Dan Snow Self - presenter and narrator Self - presenter and narrator See fewer	The Christmas Truce (2020)
Robert Hutchinson Self - historian Self - historian See fewer	Inside the Court of Henry VIII (2015)
Subbiah Muthiah Self - non-fiction author Self - non-fiction author See fewer	The Birth of Empire: The East India Company (2014)
Nick Robins Self - non-fiction author Self - non-fiction author See fewer	L'aventure humaine (1997)
Zareer Masani Self - non-fiction author Self - non-fiction author See fewer	The Birth of Empire: The East India Company (2014)
Sonia Ashmore Self - historian, Victoria and Albert Museum Self - historian, Victoria and Albert Museum See fewer	The Birth of Empire: The East India Company (2014)
Andrea Major Self - associate professor in British colonial history, University of Leeds Self - associate professor in British colonial history, University of Leeds See fewer	The Birth of Empire: The East India Company (2014)
Margaret MacMillan Self - history professor, University of Oxford Self - history professor, University of Oxford See fewer	Paris 1919: Un traité pour la paix (2009)
Saul David Self - professor of military history, University of Buckingham Self - professor of military history, University of Buckingham See fewer	7 Days in Entebbe (2018)
Jon Wilson Self - senior lecturer in British Imperial and South Asian history, King's College London Self - senior lecturer in British Imperial and South Asian history, King's College London See fewer	The Birth of Empire: The East India Company (2014)

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