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DecentGoodWatch score58
DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
How did a small island once rule over a quarter of the world's population? This shared history still shapes us today - and billions of people are part of its story.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 69GoodWatch 58
IMDb6.9
Time to watch it all
2 h 57 min
3 episodes, about 59 min each
An episode a night: done in 3 nights.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
First aired
2025
November 7, 2025
Still running
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United Kingdom
Directing · 1
- Francis Welch Director, Editor
Production · 3
- David Olusoga Executive Producer, Creator
- Sanjay Singhal Executive Producer
- Kat Feavers Producer
Other crew · 1
- Tejumade Oluokun Production Manager
Empire with David Olusoga episodes
1 season · 3 episodes
Episodes
- S1 E1 Episode #1.1, 6.9
- S1 E2 Episode #1.2, 7.1
- S1 E3 Episode #1.3, 6.8
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