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This Sceptred Isle: EmpireEpisodes

    Sir Walter Raleigh and Virginia

    Raleigh tries to persuade Elizabeth I that the North American settlements were a success.

    Martin Frobisher and Fool's Gold

    The history of British explorers and routes to China in the 1570s.

    Elizabeth, Trade and Sir Francis Drake

    Juliet Stevenson narrates the history of the growth of Elizabethan trade.

    Elizabeth I and Ireland

    By the 16th Century, Ireland had become a problem for the British.