Charting the demise of the British Empire. We start from 1897, go through the 20th Century disintegration, discuss how these events were reflected in TV dramas and sitcoms, and end with some closing thoughts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin_Expedition_of_1897

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War

LindyBeige on “the British invented the concentration camp”:

The book with the bit about Empire Day:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TVpEiC36VMUC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA268

How the Empire disintegrated:
http://www.britishempire.co.uk/timeline/colonies.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau_Mau_Uprising

British brutality in the 1956 Malayan Emergency:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayan_Emergency#British_forces

My video about Rising Damp:

My video about Reggie Perrin:

Red Dwarf – Marooned:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_CVTF2iASA

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