Isn't it curious that in England and Wales, Jeremy Paxman's Empire (BBC One, Sunday, 10.25pm) was shown in a prime-time 9pm slot on a Monday, but that in Scotland the programme was taken gently by the ...

The BBC has announced that Jeremy Paxman is to front a new series on BBC One in the autumn telling the remarkable story of the British Empire. Titled Empire, the five-part series will trace how the ...

Was there nothing good the British did here? Jeremy Paxman in India With Paxman on the bridge, Empire has embarked on a six-hour voyage into our past. It aims to test the argument that the British ...

Jeremy Paxman continues his personal investigation of Britain’s empire by tracing the growth of a peculiarly British type of hero - adventurer, gentleman, amateur, sportsman and decent chap - and a ...

And so, a night at home being berated, belittled and humiliated. Yippee, dial a pizza – it's a night in with Jeremy Paxman. Normally an experience on a par with, say, masochism. Sign Up and be kept in ...

Andrew Marr looks at the lasting impact of the British Empire with Jeremy Paxman and Richard Gott. Paxman reflects on how our imperial past still has the power to influence everything from Prime ...

Empire is a major five-part series presented by Jeremy Paxman. It tells the story of the British Empire in a new way, tracing not only the rise and fall of the empire but also the complex effects of ...

The sub-titles of history books are usually more useful to readers than the main titles, which simply give a general location to the book's content. We have had so many histories of the British Empire ...

Abrasive Newsnigh host Jeremy Paxman has turned his ire onto his employers after describing the public service broadcaster as constituting a “declining empire”. Paxman made the comments after laying ...