Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World (2003)

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?

Released Jan. 9, 2003 50 min Episode 50 min None+

Genres: Documentary, History

Production Companies: Blakeway Productions

Network: Channel 4

Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English