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A History of Britain by Simon Schama: The Fate of Empire

3x03 The Empire of Good Intentions (1830 - 1925)

  • 2002-06-11T20:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 1h
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
The British Empire promised peace, stability and prosperity but in Ireland and India it coincided with violence and famine. The programme examines the origins of agonies which continue to resonate today, and how political justice failed to feature in the administration of the time. As Victorian prime ministers, Gladstone and Disraeli promoted very different visions of Empire, but despite their lofty ideals, Schama observes how 'common humanity was sacrificed to the fetish of the market'.
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