Empire Live: Booze & Brews

In each of these special shows, they’ll explore the extraordinary history of ordinary drinks such as tea, beer and gin & tonic.

From the breakfast drinking habits of the East India Company men who were so scared to drink the local water that they ‘purified’ it by adding alcohol, to the British obsession with tea leading to the outbreak of war, you can expect lots of surprising historical insights, as well as answers to audience questions!