In this final episode Lucy explores how in 1873 the British government enacted a coup to take over the rule of India from the huge and influential Honourable East India Company. The leaders of the company were presented as the villains, while Queen Victoria was elevated to the role of wise and benevolent Empress.

Three-part History Documentary Series with Historian Lucy Worsley exploring how British history is a concoction of fibs and stories manipulated by whoever was in power at the time.