TV series
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
2003, English, on Channel 4.
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?
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 6
- Episode length
- 50 min
- Status
- Ended in 2003
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Latest episode
S1 E6: Empire for Sale
Aired 13 February 2003
Seasons 1
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Details
- First aired
- 9 January 2003
- Last aired
- 13 February 2003
- Network
- Channel 4
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Scripted
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Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World has 1 season and 6 episodes, about 50 minutes each.
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