S1.E1 ∙ The Beginning of the EndMon, Apr 15, 1985How the fall of Singapore to the Japanese in World War II became a symbol of the British Empire's decline.Rate
S1.E6 ∙ Iran1985How the British Empire helped orchestrate the downfall of Mohammad Mosaddegh and returning the Shah to power, in exchange for Iranian oil.Rate
S1.E7 ∙ Egypt1985Britain took Egypt as protectorate so it can build the Suez Canal. Nasser decides to take everything back.Rate
S1.E8 ∙ Aden1985Aden was an obscure place in the Arabian peninsula which was important because it is the at the end of the Suez Canal. This is how it became the communist country of Yemen.Rate
S1.E10 ∙ The Gold Coast1985How Ghana became the first African colony to gain independence and spur the "Winds of Change".Rate
S1.E12 ∙ Rider and the Horse1985The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was created with the intention of building a white state in black Africa. This was not to last.Rate
S1.E13 ∙ Rhodesia1985The Federation has collapsed and in its place are a bunch black run nation states. Northern Rhodesia will do anything to resist the change.Rate