| Anton Gill tells the story of the British Empire at a personal and uniquely engaging level through the lives of six very different celebrities: Chris Bisson, Diana Rigg, David Steel, Jenny Eclair, Adrian Lester and Shobna Gulati, whose families lived in Trinidad, India, Kenya, Malaysia and Jamaica. As each one researches their own family roots, they discover a heritage which illuminates the lives and journeys of countless others who lived in the 40 million square kilometres of Britain's former domains. Accompanied the Channel 4 TV series.
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