The Best British Empire Documentaries

History - 19 free documentaries about the british empire.

Start with Why Did Britain Get China Addicted To Opium? (59 min, Absolute History), then Singapore On Film: What Life Was Like During The 1900s In The Former British Colony (93 min, Timeline). All 19 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on the british empire is Inglorious Empire by Shashi Tharoor.

• Why Did Britain Get China Addicted To Opium? | Empires of Silver (59 min, Absolute History)
• Singapore On Film: What Life Was Like During The 1900s In The Former British Colony (93 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• What Was Life Like In First American Colony? | Curious Traveler (25 min, Absolute History)
• The trade in human skulls from the colonial era - A disturbing legacy (42 min, DW Documentary)
• The Imperial Roman Harbour Buried Under Constantinople | Emperor's Lost Harbour (44 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Opium Wars: How The Chinese Silver Trade Changed History | Empires Of Silver (172 min, Absolute History)
• How Britain's Priceless WW2 Treasures Are Being Kept Alive | The Imperial War Museum (45 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• How the Colonies Took Down the British Empire (S1, E3) | America: The Story of Us (44 min, HISTORY)
• The Fight To Save Britain's Unique Cold War Weapons | Secrets Of The Imperial War Museum (44 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Was Ming Dynasty China Almost Converted To Christianity? | Empire Of Time (49 min, Absolute History)
• Matteo Ricci: The Man Who Brought Christianity To The Forbidden City | Empire Of Time (50 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The European Missionaries Who Fought For Power In The Forbidden City | Empire Of Time (50 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Life Under British Colonialism In The West Indies (65 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Why Was 16th Century China So Obsessed With Time? | Empire of Time (49 min, Absolute History)
• The Final 100 Days Of WW2: How The Third Reich And Imperial Japan Collapsed (49 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Greatest Disaster In British Imperial History: The Fall Of Singapore (49 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Can These Bizarre Stones Solve The Lost Roanoke Colony Mystery? (43 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• New Caledonia: The Penal Colony (36 min, VPRO Documentary)
• The Colonial Heritage (42 min, VPRO Documentary)

Top-Rated Books About The British Empire

1. Inglorious Empire by Shashi Tharoor - View on Amazon
2. Empire by Niall Ferguson (4/5) - View on Amazon
3. King Leopold's ghost by Adam Hochschild (3.6/5) - View on Amazon
4. The Anarchy by William Dalrymple (4.2/5) - View on Amazon