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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