The East India Company. Episode 1

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Dan Snow travels through India in the footsteps of the company that revolutionised the British lifestyle, laid the foundations of today's global trading systems, and accidentaly created one of the mot powerful empires in history. Using the letters and diaries of the men and women who were there, this documentary tells the story of the East India Company. Dogged by allegations of greed, corruption and corporate excess, by the 1770s the company's reputation was in tatters. Blamed for turning its back as millions died in the Bengal famine, and thrown into crisis by a credit crunch in Britain, the world's most powerful company had run out of cash, sparking a government intervention.A BBC Production.