Series, 2014–2014Ended
The Birth of Empire: The East India Company
IMDb 6.5, 1 season, 2 episodes, 60 min avg., United Kingdom
Dan Snow travels through India in the footsteps of the company that revolutionised the British lifestyle and laid the foundations of today's global trading systems.
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Apr 30, 2014
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.
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May 7, 2014
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.
