Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World

Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World — Plot

How did Britain come to rule the world? asks Niall Ferguson in Empire. What would today's world be like now if it hadn't? Could such an organisation – run by, according to Winston Churchill, 'the greedy trader, the inopportune missionary, the ambitious soldier and the lying spectator' – ever have been a force for good?

• Release date
• January 9, 2003
• Runtime
• 50 min

Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World — Cast

Niall Ferguson Self - Presenter