The Birth of Empire: The East India Company

The Birth of Empire: The East India Company
Miniseries
20142 episodes
Episodes
E1Episode 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.
E2Episode 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.
