Portillo's Empire Journey

- Season 1

(2020)

Michael travels to India to uncover how the British East India Company - the world's first multinational corporation - raised a private army to create an empire.

Michael visits Jamaica, the Caribbean capital of the Empire, to reveal how pirates, slaves and sugar allowed Britain to amass the wealth to conquer the world.

In South Africa, Michael explores how the lure of riches led Britain into barbaric wars and dividing the country along racial lines, with devastating consequences.

Michael travels to North America to explore how British rule led to armed rebellion in the USA, and a loyalty in Canada that lasted until the very end of Empire.