Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World

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?

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First Aired

Jan 9, 2003

Last Aired

Feb 13, 2003

Episode Runtime

50m

Network

Channel 4

Country

GB