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The Birth of Empire: The East India Company (2014–2014)
TV Mini-series | 60 min | Documentary, History

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The Birth of Empire: The East India Company (2014–2014)

TV Mini-series | 60 min | Documentary, History

Dan Snow travels through India in the footsteps of the company that revolutionized the British lifestyle and laid the foundations of today's global trading systems. 400 years ago British merchants landed on the coast of India and founded a...See moreDan Snow travels through India in the footsteps of the company that revolutionized the British lifestyle and laid the foundations of today's global trading systems. 400 years ago British merchants landed on the coast of India and founded a trading post to export goods to London. Over the next 200 years, their tiny business grew into a commercial titan. Using the letters and diaries of the men and women who were there, this documentary tells the story of the East India Company, which revolutionized the British lifestyle, sparked a new age of speculation and profit and by accident created one of the most powerful empires in history. Yet inexorable rise ended in ignominy. Dogged by allegations of greed, corruption and corporate excess, by the 1770s the company's reputation was in tatters. Blamed for turning its back as millions died in the Bengal famine, and thrown into crisis by a credit crunch in Britain, the world's most powerful company had run out of cash, sparking a government intervention. See less

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11 cast members

Name	Episodes	Known for
Dan Snow Self - presenter and narrator Self - presenter and narrator See fewer	2	The Christmas Truce (2020)
Robert Hutchinson Self - historian Self - historian See fewer	2	Inside the Court of Henry VIII (2015)
Zareer Masani Self - non-fiction author Self - non-fiction author See fewer	2	Calvin's Common Sense Crusade (2021)
Nick Robins Self - non-fiction author Self - non-fiction author See fewer	2	L'aventure humaine (1997)
Subbiah Muthiah Self - non-fiction author Self - non-fiction author See fewer	2	The Birth of Empire: The East India Company (2014)
Saul David Self - professor of military history, University of Buckingham Self - professor of military history, University of Buckingham See fewer	2	7 Days in Entebbe (2018)
Margaret MacMillan Self - history professor, University of Oxford Self - history professor, University of Oxford See fewer	2	Paris 1919: Un traité pour la paix (2009)
Sonia Ashmore Self - historian, Victoria and Albert Museum Self - historian, Victoria and Albert Museum See fewer	1	The Birth of Empire: The East India Company (2014)
Andrea Major Self - associate professor in British colonial history, University of Leeds Self - associate professor in British colonial history, University of Leeds See fewer	1	The Birth of Empire: The East India Company (2014)
Oindrila Gooptu Self - teacher, La Martiniere College Self - teacher, La Martiniere College See fewer	1	The Birth of Empire: The East India Company (2014)
Jon Wilson Self - senior lecturer in British Imperial and South Asian history, King's College London Self - senior lecturer in British Imperial and South Asian history, King's College London See fewer	1	The Birth of Empire: The East India Company (2014)