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The Birth of Empire: The East India Company

Miniseries

2014 · 2 episodes

  1. 1. Episode 1

    2014-04-30 · 60m

    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.

  2. 2. Episode 2

    2014-05-07 · 60m

    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.

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