The Birth of Empire: The East India Company - Season 1
Episode List
E1 - Episode 1
Aired: 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.
E2 - Episode 2
Aired: May 07, 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.