Dangerous Borders

Britain took and held power in many different ways in the Empire, from a calculated display of imperial pageantry to the cult of monarchy. Yet should any country be so obsessed with what Lawrence of Arabia called ‘policing other men’s muddles’?

When you’re conquering and settling in new countries, how do you create a feeling of ‘home’? In exchange, many of the millions affected by imperial expansion learned to see Britain as their home.

The Empire saw the growth of a particular type of British hero - adventurer, gentleman, sportsman - and a British obsession: sport. The gospel of sport spread through the Empire’s public schools, laying the foundations for almost all the major sports of today.

A pirates’ treasure hunt grew into an informal empire based on trade - and slavery. It formed the basis of the modern global financial network.

The extraordinary story of how a desire for conquest became a mission to improve the rest of mankind, especially in "darkest" Africa - and how that mission shaded into an unquestioning belief that Britain could - and should - rule the world.

Journalists Babita Sharma and Adnan Sarwar embark on an epic journey along the stillcontentious 2000mile border that divides India and Pakistan Seventy years after the partition of India along religious lines and the creation of an independent Hindumajority India and a new Muslimmajority state of Pakistan the pair discover the realities of the lives of those living there

Journalists Adnan Sarwar and Babita Sharma are on the second part of their epic journey taking them both through the province of Punjab along the volatile border that divides India and Pakistan This lush densely populated region was split in two at Partition and nowhere is the division more keenly felt

On the third and final leg of their journey journalists Adnan Sarwar and Babita Sharma travel along the northern part of the 2000mile border that divides India and Pakistan This is the most contested section of the border — and the most dangerous