The Birth of Empire: The East India Company

★ 7.3 2014 Series 2 eps United Kingdom ● HD

Dan Snow follows the East India Company's path through India, exploring how a small trading post grew into a powerful corporation that transformed British life and global trade before its dramatic fall.

Episodes

Season 1

1EP

2EP

Cast

Sarah Jobling

Director

Adam Warner

Director

Dan Snow

Self - presenter and narrator

Robert Hutchinson

Self - historian

Zareer Masani

Self - non-fiction author

Nick Robins

Self - non-fiction author

Subbiah Muthiah

Self - non-fiction author

Saul David

Self - professor of military history, University of Buckingham

Margaret MacMillan

Self - history professor, University of Oxford

Sonia Ashmore

Self - historian, Victoria and Albert Museum

Oindrila Gooptu

Self - teacher, La Martiniere College

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