Portillo's Empire Journey
Michael Portillo tells the story of how a small island on the edge of Europe built the biggest empire the world has ever seen.
Genre: Documentary
Cast:Michael Portillo
S1.E1 ∙ India
Michael travels to India to uncover how the British East India Company - the world's first multinational corporation - raised a private army to create an empire.
S1.E2 ∙ Jamaica
Michael visits Jamaica, the Caribbean capital of the Empire, to reveal how pirates, slaves and sugar allowed Britain to amass the wealth to conquer the world.
S1.E3 ∙ South Africa
In South Africa, Michael explores how the lure of riches led Britain into barbaric wars and dividing the country along racial lines, with devastating consequences.
S1.E4 ∙ The US and Canada
Michael travels to North America to explore how British rule led to armed rebellion in the USA, and a loyalty in Canada that lasted until the very end of Empire.
