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Episode 4

Episode 4 of 5

William Dalrymple's critically acclaimed history of the East India Company turns to the brutal famine in Bengal in the late eighteenth century. The reader is Alistair McGowan.

William Dalrymple's critically acclaimed new history of the East India Company examines how a small trading company was transformed into a colonial power over the course of almost 300 years. Today, a brutal famine exacts a high price in Bengal in the 1760s and 1770s, . Alistair McGowan reads.

Adapted by William Dalrymple

Produced by Elizabeth Allard.

14 minutes

Last on

Fri 15 Nov 2019 00:30

Broadcasts

  • Thu 14 Nov 2019 09:45
  • Fri 15 Nov 2019 00:30