Miniseries

The Birth of Empire: The East India Company

2 Episodes Premiered April 29, 2014

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Episodes

Episode 1
EP 1

Episode 1

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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Episode 2
EP 2

Episode 2

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.

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