Jeremy Paxman traces the story of the greatest empire the world has ever known: the British Empire. He continues his personal account of Britain's empire by looking at how traders, conquerors and settlers spread the British way of doing things around the world - in particular how they created a very British idea of home. He begins in India, where early traders wore Indian costume and took Indian wives. Their descendants still cherish their mixed heritage. Victorian values put a stop to that as inter racial mixing became taboo. In Singapore he visits a club where British colonials gathered together, in Canada he finds a town whose inhabitants are still fiercely proud of the traditions of their Scottish ancestors, in Kenya he meets the descendants of the first white settlers - men whose presence came to be bitterly resented as pressure for African independence grew. And he traces the story of an Indian family in Leicester whose migrations have been determined by the changing fortunes of the British empire.
| Title | Empire - Season 1 Episode 2 : Making Ourselves at Home |
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| Alternative Titles | Empire (2012) |
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| First Air Date | 2012-02-27 |
| Last Air Date | 2012-03-26 |
| Number of Episodes | 5 |
| Number of Seasons | 1 |
| Genres | Documentary, History, |
| Networks | BBC One, |
| Casts | Jeremy Paxman |
| Plot Keywords | , |
Episodes List
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Empire Season 1 :Episode 1 A Taste for Power A Taste for Power
2012-02-27Empire 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...
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Empire Season 1 :Episode 2 Making Ourselves at Home Making Ourselves at Home
2012-03-05Empire 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...
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Empire Season 1 :Episode 3 Playing The Game Playing The Game
2012-03-12Empire 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...
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Empire Season 1 :Episode 4 Making a Fortune Making a Fortune
2012-03-19Empire 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...
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Empire Season 1 :Episode 5 Doing Good Doing Good
2012-03-26Empire 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...
