BBC Empire (complete five part series - 720p)

Empire is a major five-part series presented by Jeremy Paxman. It tells the story of the British Empire in a new way, tracing not only the rise and fall of the empire but also the complex effects of the empire on the modern world – political, technological and social – and on Britain.


    Empire_-_1._A_Taste_for_Power
    - Jeremy Paxman finds out how a small island came to rule a quarter of the world.
    Empire_-_2._Making_Ourselves_at_Home
    - Jeremy continues by looking at how settlers spread the British way of doing things.
    Empire_-_3._Playing_the_Game
    - Jeremy continues by tracing the growth of a peculiarly British type of hero.
    Empire_-_4._Making_a_Fortune
    - Jeremy travels to Jamaica, where sugar made plantation owners rich on the backs of slaves.
    Empire_-_5._Doing_Good
    - The story of how a desire for conquest became a mission to improve the rest of mankind.