The Fate of Empire
(2002)
Overview
Here he illuminates the period from 1776 to 2000 through a variety of historical themes, including Victorian advances in technology and industry, women's increasing role in society, and the burgeoning British Empire which promised civilisation and material betterment for all. This volume also looks at key characters from the period, including Wordsworth, Burke, Queen Victoria, Churchill, and Orwell, whilst examining some lesser-known lives, such as Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, the first woman do…
Cast
Episodes
Forces of Nature (1780 - 1832) 0.0
May 28, 2002
Britain never had the kind of revolution France experienced in 1789, but came close to it. This programme explains how …
Victoria and Her Sisters (1830 - 1910) 0.0
June 4, 2002
Queen Victoria came to the throne at the tender age of eighteen, to rule over a country in the throes of a painful but …
The Empire of Good Intentions (1830 - 1925) 0.0
June 11, 2002
The British Empire promised peace, stability and prosperity but in Ireland and India it coincided with violence and fam…
The Two Winstons (1910 - present) 0.0
June 18, 2002
Schama's last programme is a meditation on the place of the past in Britain's 20th-century history. Personified in the…