A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Another easy-to-digest slice of the past from erudite scholar Simon Schama. He traces the steps of the empiremakers, asking how a trading enterprise based on the idea of liberty became an empire built on the enslavement of millions of Africans. He also explores how Britain lost control of what became the United States, yet went on to conquer large swathes of the Indian subcontinent.

Category

Documentary / History

Original air date

29/05/2001