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Dan Snow's History of Congo

Dan Snow travels to Congo to reveal how its troubled history has turned one of the world's potentially richest countries into one of its poorest.

Dan Snow travels to Congo - one of the wildest, most colourful and anarchic places on our planet - to reveal how its troubled history of slavery, colonialism, corruption and war have turned one of the world's potentially richest countries into one of its poorest.

Dan's journey takes him to some of the most remote and dangerous places on earth, where he discovers how Congo's resources and people helped make Britain rich through the centuries and win two world wars.

1 hour

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Wed 27 Jun 2018 21:00
主播大秀 Four

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Presenter Dan Snow
Executive Producer Sam Collyns
Producer Robin Barnwell
Director Robin Barnwell

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Dan Snow's History of Congo

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