Air Date
April 29, 2014
Episodes
2 episodes
The Birth of Empire: The East India Company
Season 1
Episodes
1. Episode 1
April 30, 2014
60 min
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.
2. Episode 2
May 7, 2014
60 min
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.
