The Birth of Empire: The East India Company

Miniseries

Dan Snow follows the East India Company's path through India, exploring how a small trading post grew into a powerful corporation that transformed British life and global trade before its dramatic fall.

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2 Episodes

  • Episode 1
    E1
    Episode 1Dan Snow travels through India in the footsteps of the company that revolutionised British lifestyles and laid the foundations for today's global trading systems.
  • Episode 2
    E2
    Episode 2By 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.

Cast of Miniseries

  • Dan SnowSelf - Presenter

 

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