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Empire is a 2012 docuseries co-produced and written by the BBC and Open University and presented by Jeremy Paxman. Charting the rise of the British Empire from the trading companies of India to the rule over a quarter of the world's population and its legacy in the modern world.
A History of Britain is a BBC documentary series written and presented by Simon Schama, first transmitted in the United Kingdom from 30 September 2000. A study of the history of the British Isles, each of the 15 episodes allows Schama to examine a particular period and tell of its events in his own style. All the programmes are of 59 minutes ...
BBC television documentaries about history during the 18th and 19th centuries (36 P) BBC television documentaries about history during the 20th Century (1 C, 70 P) BBC television documentaries about history during the 21st Century (16 P)
Empire's Children is a 2007 six-part history documentary narrated by Richard Armitage and created by Channel 4. [1] Each episode follows a British celebrity as they trace their family history across the British Empire .
Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain is a 2007 BBC documentary television series presented by Andrew Marr that covers the period of British history from the end of the Second World War onwards. The series was highly praised and resulted in a follow-up series covering the period 1900 to 1945, Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain. A book ...
The major multi-volume multi-author coverage of the history of the British Empire is the Oxford History of the British Empire (1998–2001), five-volume set, plus a companion series. [277] Douglas Peers says the series demonstrates that, "As a field of historical inquiry, imperial history is clearly experiencing a renaissance." [278]
Victoria's Empire is a three-part British travel series that was first broadcast on BBC One in 2007. It was written and presented by comedian and actress Victoria Wood.Wood travelled around the world in search of the history, cultural impact and customs which the British Empire placed on the parts of the world it ruled.
Cottage workshops often with child labour made items like chains. Two-thirds of British slaving ships were registered in Liverpool, a new city of world trade. British sea power enabled private companies like the East India Company to establish a trading empire. Private companies built 4000 miles of canal in Britain.