Queen Victoria's Empire

Name: Queen Victoria's Empire
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2001-06-17
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Donald Sutherland

Overview

At the time of Queen Victoria’s birth in 1819, England was an agrarian society. Within a few short decades, this small island nation would be transformed into an industrial superpower, with an empire spanning the globe.

Episodes

S01E01 Engines of Change

June 17, 2001 54 min

Beginning with the birth of Queen Victoria, this episode explores the changes brought to Britain by the industrial revolution. By the 1840s, urban migration has created overcrowding and extremes in pollution and poverty. However, British...

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S01E02 Passage to India

June 17, 2001 54 min

In the 1850s, one half of the world's industrial goods are made in Britain, and steamships bring British exports and families to far corners of the globe. In India, the clash of Victorian values and...

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S01E03 The Moral Crusade

June 24, 2001 54 min

By 1861, Britain is the wealthiest and most powerful nation on earth. However, the death of Prince Albert weakens Victoria, and many of his political ideals fade from importance. David Livingstone's explorations of the African...

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S01E04 The Scramble for Africa

June 24, 2001 54 min

The Suez Canal is threatened by a holy war in the Sudan, and General Charles Gordon, killed by the rebels, becomes an "imperial martyr." Cecil Rhodes prospects diamond deposits in southern Africa, and asserts British...

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