Empire (2012)

Genre

documentary television program

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 5 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Jeremy Paxman presents a docuseries about the British Empire. It covers the empire's growth from early trading companies to its control over a huge part of the world and its lasting impact today.

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What happens

Empire is a 2012 docuseries co-produced and written by the BBC and Open University and presented by Jeremy Paxman. Charting the rise of the British Empire from the trading companies of India to the rule over a quarter of the world's population and its legacy in the modern world. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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