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Empire
How do empires rise? Why do they fall? And how have they shaped the world around us today? William Dalrymple and Anita Anand explore the stories, personalities and events of empire over the course of history.
Up to 10 minutes
Series 5: Empires of Iran
While preparing your breakfast
Up to 15 minutes
Welcome to the Empire Club
On your way to work
Up to 45 minutes
197. The Pirate Hunter
196. Blackbeard’s Reign of Terror
195. Blackbeard & the Pirates of the Caribbean
194. Empire of Numbers: Fibonacci and the Birth of Modern Money
184. The Buddhist Merlin
181. The Dragon Empress: China’s Game of Thrones
180. Gold & God: Connecting India & Ancient Rome
171. The Bengal Famine: Chaos in Calcutta
170. The Bengal Famine: A Disaster on the Horizon
169. Freedom Fighters Betrayed: Colonising the Philippines
166. How To Hide An Empire
159. The American Revolution: Building The New Rome (Ep 4)
150. Worlds Colliding: Seizing Settlers in New England
148. America: The Empire of Liberty
141. Nur Jahan: The Most Powerful Mughal Woman
140. The Light of the World & Empress of India
138. The Graceful Reed: Ruling the Islamic Empire
136. Empress Theodora: From the Brothel to the Throne
134. Cleopatra: The Would-Be Empress of Rome
131. Buddhism Goes to China
127. Inventing Curry: The British Taste for India
120. The Iranian Revolution: The Rise of Ayatollah Khomeini
114. The Persian Renaissance
113. Timur: Scourge of God
111. Shackleton: The Hero of Antarctica
110. Antarctica: The Continent that wouldn’t be Conquered
109. The Endeavour: Into the Unknown
China's Greatest Admiral: The Story of Zheng He
107. China's Greatest Admiral: The Story of Zheng He
The Rise of Islam
Alexander the Great: Defeating Darius
The Battle of Marathon and the Rise of Greece
Great for a workout at the gym
Up to 60 minutes
193. Empire of Numbers: The Indian Origin of Arabic Numerals
191. Slave, Slaver, Abolitionist: Three Scots in Africa
190. Rags to Riches: The Scots in India
188. Bonnie Prince Charlie: The Young Pretender
187. The Birth of Britain
186. Scotland: A Nation in Crisis
185. The God Kings of Angkor Wat
183. The Poet Kings: Taking Hinduism to Southeast Asia
175. The CIA vs Fidel Castro
174. The Cuban Revolution
173. The Korean War: Dividing the Peninsula
172. The Birth of North Korea
168. Teddy Roosevelt Takes on the Old World
167. Paradise Lost: The Taking of Hawaii
160. Native Nations vs Thomas Jefferson
158. The American Revolution: Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness (Ep 3)
157. The American Revolution: The Shot Heard Around the World (Ep 2)
156. The American Revolution: No Taxation Without Representation (Ep 1)
151. The Founding Fathers: George Washington
149. Pocahontas: Kidnapped in Virginia
147. Queen Victoria: Empress of India (Ep 4)
146. Queen Victoria: The Empire on Which the Sun Never Sets (Ep 3)
145. Victoria & Albert (Ep 2)
143. Isabella of Castile: The Spanish Inquisition, the conquest of Granada, and Columbus
142. Isabella of Castile: Uniting Spain
139. Mrs Genghis Khan
137. Empress Theodora: Making Heaven on Earth
135. Helena: Queen of the World and Finder of the One True Cross
132. Journey to Nalanda and the Library of Jewels
130. India meets Rome: Making the Image of the Buddha
129. Ashoka: The Great Buddhist Emperor of India
128. The Buddha & The Golden Road
126. Punch & Chilli: The East India Company at the Table
125. The Origin of the Houthis
124. Saddam Hussein vs The Ayatollah
123. Hezbollah: The Party of God
122. Iran & Saudi Arabia: The Rivalry that Split the Islamic World
121. The Fall of the Shah of Shahs
119. The Last Shah
118. Iran's First Revolution
117. Nader Shah: The Sword of Persia
116. Isfahan: The City of Dreams
115. The Great Conversion: How Iran became Shia
112. Ferdowsi: How One Poet Saved Persian Civilisation
108. The Endeavour & the Great Southern Continent
The Last Great War of Antiquity
How Persian Religion Changed the World
Alexander the Great: The Conquest of Persia
Salamis: Athens’ Revenge
The Battle of Salamis: Athens’ Revenge
Thermopylae: Xerxes, Leonidas, and the 300
Darius the Great: Ruling from India to the Mediterranean
Cyrus the Great: Building the First Superpower
The History of Putin's War
The Bloody History of Russia & Ukraine
Murdering the Romanovs: The End of a Dynasty
During a scenic drive through the countryside
Up to 75 minutes
189. Culloden: Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Last Stand