Charting the demise of the British Empire. We start from 1897, go through the 20th Century disintegration, discuss how these events were reflected in TV dramas and sitcoms, and end with some closing thoughts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin_Expedition_of_1897

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War

LindyBeige on "the British invented the concentration camp":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLhFXIkysk4

The book with the bit about Empire Day:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TVpEiC36VMUC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA268

How the Empire disintegrated:
http://www.britishempire.co.uk/timeline/colonies.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau_Mau_Uprising

British brutality in the 1956 Malayan Emergency:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayan_Emergency#British_forces

My video about Rising Damp:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RO8PNQQgmM

My video about Reggie Perrin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ltq9fV9AK4

Red Dwarf - Marooned:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_CVTF2iASA

World War I and World War II shattered Britain.

FLANDERS READINGS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLt8gt-3ZZmFYGW7BYgz4JTFnGisdtJFc

How British society evolved in the 19th century.

This video by Argent Templar is referenced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FJ1gn_jJo0

Unfortunately, I realised after filming this one that there was a piece of fluff caught in my hair! It is present throughout the duration and is quite distracting. I have filmed over 600 videos and nothing like this has happened before. I could film the video a third time, but it has already been delayed enough so instead I have opted to "cover up" the bit of fluff in post-production. I am sorry that the result doesn't look great. It's the best I could do in the time.

Waxing further lyrical about the Victorian era:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSsNbOBkYIU

In 1909, England's aristocrats obstructed "the people's will", and sealed their doom.

The audio might sound a bit different in this video because I am trying something new. Please let me know if this is preferable to the usual thing.

In 1861, a Stockport toddler named George Burgess was murdered by two children. I examine what this case tells us about Britain in 1861.

I highly recommend this newspaper article about it:
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/a-child-murdered-by-children-1616746.html

Surveying the last thousand years and trying to characterise the English people.

One correction: I should have better researched how law was enforced prior to the Enlightenment. There were magistrates ("keepers of the peace") from 1195. Therefore, practical law was not just enforced by the feudal baron and his underlings. However, I don't think this affects the point I was making, that the church was a source of divine "law and order".

This series is not intended to an incitement to hatred. It is essential that it is not seen as such, for the sake of its own success, my personal safety, and general decency.

One day a conflict may come. We should respond accordingly if it does. But let us not be seen as warmongers.

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A quick summary of the series structure (as it is currently planned) and why I'm doing it this way.

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Here we go... the first in an on-going series of videos examining the 2014 Rotherham child grooming scandal.

The full series playlist is here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLt8gt-3ZZmGtFXlfYK0wlaRi1zN3_bKf

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A one-time revival of the Wednesday Readings.

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