Empire (BBC)

History Documentary hosted by Jeremy Paxman, published by BBC in 2012 - English narration


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Jeremy Paxman traces the story of the greatest empire the world has ever known: the British Empire.




5)  Doing Good 
In the final part of his personal account of Britain's empire, Jeremy Paxman tells the extraordinary story of how a desire for conquest became a mission to improve the rest of mankind, especially in Africa, and how that mission shaded into an unquestioning belief that Britain could - and should - rule the world. In Central Africa, he travels in the footsteps of David Livingstone who, though a failure as a missionary, became a legendary figure - the patron saint of empire who started a flood of missionaries to the so-called 'Dark Continent'. In South Africa, Paxman tells the story of Cecil Rhodes, a man with a different sort of mission, who believed in the white man's right to rule the world, laying down the foundations for apartheid. The journey ends in Kenya, where conflict between white settlers and the African population brought bloodshed, torture and eventual withdrawal.

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 * Video Codec: XviD ISO MPEG-4
 * Video Bitrate: 1540 kbps
 * Video Resolution: 720 x 400
 * Video Aspect Ratio: 1.800 (16:9)
 * Frames Per Second: 25
 * Audio Codec: 0x2000 (Dolby AC3)
 * Audio Bitrate: 128 kb/s AC3 48000 Hz
 * Audio Streams: 2
 * Audio Languages: English
 * RunTime Per Part: 59.Mins
 * Number Of Parts: 5
 * Part Size: 701 MB
 * Encoded by: Harry65
 * Source: DVD



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1)  Further Information 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00p1388