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The Adventure of English

The Language of Empire (Season 1, Episode 7)
TV Episode | Documentary
In India, scholar William Jones finds some English words already present in Sanskrit. Convicts land in Australia, blending London criminal slang and Aboriginal words into a new dialect. Jamaicans reclaim patois.
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Updated Nov 30, 2003
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Nov 2003 (United Kingdom)
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6 cast members
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Melvyn Bragg
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Sam Blewitt
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Michael Cronin
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Amerjit Deu
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Fred Madden
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David Revel
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