Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World (series)

Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World (series)

  • Production country: GB
  • Production companies: Blakeway Productions
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release date: 1/9/2003
  • Release date of last episode: 2/13/2003
  • Series status: Ended
  • Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
  • Episodes count: 6
  • Run time: 50 min.

Series description

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?

Actors

Niall Ferguson

Niall Ferguson

In 6 episodes

Role(s): Self - Presenter

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