Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World

Overview

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?

Details

• Status Ended
• First Air Date January 9, 2003
• Last Air Date February 13, 2003
• Seasons 1
• Episodes 6
• Networks Channel 4