Are there any series involving the East India Company? (lemmy.world)

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Preferably a historic drama but open to whatever. Workplace situational comedy would be outta control but I sense a dearth of those

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[-] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 50 points 2 days ago

Pirates of The Caribbean

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Aha totally forgot about these!

[-] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 35 points 2 days ago

Taboo (2017 TV series) is a fantastic 1814 period piece staring Tom Hardy dealing with The East India Company, both overseas and back in merry ole. It was so good, I've been waiting for a second season for 7 years.

[-] emax_gomax@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

Was looking for this. Taboo. Watch taboo. Tom hardy smack dab in the middle of a war for power between the east India trading company, the royal crown and the new American government. Constantly shifting alliances to keep atop it while manifesting his own end game. It. Is. Phenomenal.

Also, obligatory, "I have a use for you!".

[-] Blackout@fedia.io 15 points 2 days ago

I have nothing fictional, just a recommendation for an excellent podcast about it called "Empire"

[-] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah, I've just got the book "Enemy of All Mankind" which is about the period of time when the East India Co. was just getting going. Apparently that time intersects with three big shifts: the first international pirate manhunts, the start of the British Empire, and the creation of the corporation. It tells a crazy story and I absolutely loved it

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Awesome, thanks much! Like to have some interesting audio series too so thats perfect!

[-] aramis87@fedia.io 3 points 2 days ago

Dan Snow did a short historical thing on it as well.

[-] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

For another arm of the empire, try Frontier - which focuses on Hudson's Bay Company.

[-] jagot@programming.dev 9 points 2 days ago

Less historical, more ”whatever”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautilus_(TV_series)

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Thanks, that sounds amazing!

[-] Sergio@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 days ago

Hmmm... "A Passage to India" takes place during the Raj (which is when the Crown took over from the East India Company) but a lot of the attitudes and issues are the same

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087892/
the novel on Gutenberg: https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/61221

Similarly, "Conduct Unbecoming" takes place right after the Crown takeover. But hey, it's free on youtube:

Finally, you could look here:

https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?keywords=east-india-company

[-] aramis87@fedia.io 4 points 2 days ago

For the Raj period, there's also The Jewel in the Crown. For the Company Rule period, there's Beecham House.

[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

For two boardgames about the East India Company:

East India Companies

John Company

[-] Today@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Behind the Bastards podcast does shows on both, i believe.

[-] ultranaut@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Beecham House. Its set in India during the 1790s.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

It's a book series and it's not about the East India Company per se, though they make frequent appearances, but the Aubrey/Maturin books by Patrick O'Brien are incredibly good. The first one is called Master & Commander which inspired the Russell Crowe movie of the same name.

[-] Crumbgrabber@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

Try the history section of your library for audiobooks and printed books. I read one about Tea which was fascinating about how the East India company stole Tea plants from China and tried to grow them in India, but they came out black, which gave us English Black Tea.

[-] mwproductions@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Not quite what you're looking for, but I really enjoyed The Taste of Conquest by Michael Krondl.

[-] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

If not for the EIC then watch it for a superb Tom Hardy.

Taboo. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt3647998/plotsummary/

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