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In my quest to understand where it all went wrong, I've been learning about the golden age of the British Empire. Now, to figure out how to restore it to it's former glory and greatness.
Paxman is very British and received a lot of hate for telling the truth about how great the empire was. The music is great too.
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 Taste for Power
1/5 Jeremy Paxman finds out how a small island came to rule a quarter of the world.
Making Ourselves at Home
2/5 Jeremy continues by looking at how settlers spread the British way of doing things.
Playing the Game
3/5 Jeremy continues by tracing the growth of a peculiarly British type of hero.
Making a Fortune
4/5 Jeremy travels to Jamaica, where sugar made plantation owners rich on the backs of slaves.
Doing Good
5/5 The story of how a desire for conquest became a mission to improve the rest of mankind.