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Episode 5
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William Dalrymple's history of the East India Company turns to its legacy as a prototype for modern day global corporations, with newly written reflections. Alistair McGowan reads.
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. In today's concluding episode, he turns to its legacy as a prototype for modern day global corporations with some newly written cautionary reflections. The reader is Alistair McGowan.
Adapted by William Dalrymple
Produced by Elizabeth Allard
Last on
Sat 16 Nov 201900:30
BBC Radio 4
Broadcasts
- Fri 15 Nov 201909:45BBC Radio 4 FM
- Sat 16 Nov 201900:30BBC Radio 4
