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  • Empire A Taste for Power (Season 1, Episode 1)
  • TV Episode | 58 min | Documentary, History

Empire

A Taste for Power (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 58 min | Documentary, History
Paxman asks how a tiny island in the North Atlantic came to rule over a quarter of the world's population. He travels to India, where local soldiers and local maharajahs helped a handful of British traders to take over vast areas of land. ...See morePaxman asks how a tiny island in the North Atlantic came to rule over a quarter of the world's population. He travels to India, where local soldiers and local maharajahs helped a handful of British traders to take over vast areas of land. Spectacular displays of imperial power dazzled the local peoples and developed a cult of Queen Victoria as Empress, mother and virtual God. In Egypt, Paxman explores Britain as a temporary peace-keeper whose visit turned into a seventy year occupation. He travels to the desert where Lawrence of Arabia is still remembered by elder tribesman that brought a touch of romance to the grim struggle of the First World War and the British triumph in Palestine that led Britain to believe it could solve the world's problems that haunts the Middle East to this day. Written by Enzedder See less
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Directors
John Hay | Roger Parsons
Writer
Jeremy Paxman (written by)
Composer
Chris Nicolaides
Cinematographer
Mike Garner (photography)
Editor
Andrea Carnevali
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Mar 3, 2012
Release date
Feb 27, 2012 (United Kingdom)

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8 cast members
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Jeremy Paxman
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Salam Al Atrash
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Ahmed Hamroush
Self - Club Member, Gezira Sporting Club Self - Club Member, Gezira Sporting Club   See fewer
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His Royal Highness Maharaja Gaj Singh Jodhpur
Self (as His Highness Gaj Singh II of Manwar-Jodhpur) Self (as His Highness Gaj Singh II of Manwar-Jodhpur)   See fewer
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Oana Molosag
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Dilip Shekhar
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Mohammed Sultan
Self - Caretaker, Coronation Park Self - Caretaker, Coronation Park   See fewer
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