Synopsis

Jeremy Paxman travels from Jamaica, where sugar made plantation owners rich on the backs of slaves, to Calcutta.

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01: A Taste for Power | Empire

BBC One | 2012 | 59'20''

Jeremy Paxman begins by asking how such a small country got such a big head and came to rule a quarter of the world.

02: Making Ourselves at Home | Empire

BBC One | 2012 | 58'46''

Jeremy Paxman continues by examining how traders, conquerors and settlers spread the British way of doing things.

03: Playing the Game | Empire

BBC One | 2012 | 58'45''

Jeremy Paxman continues by tracing the growth of a peculiarly British type of hero.

05: Doing Good | Empire

BBC One | 2012 | 58'44''

In the final part of his personal account of Britain's empire, Jeremy Paxman tells the story of how a desire for conquest became a mission to improve...