The Birth of Empire: The East India Company - Miniseries
1 - Episode 1
Air Date: April 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.
2 - Episode 2
Air Date: 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.