New series 1/3. Archive material, remarkable interviews, and dramatisations featuring James Fox as Sir Anthony Eden , provide an insight into the Suez crisis of 1956 - the Egyptian uprising that brought Gamal Abdul Nasser to power marking the end of British imperial dominance. Betrayal. Anthony Eden 's widow, the Countess of Avon, remembers the only meeting between the British prime minister and Nasser, while intimates recall the events that set them on a collision course. With contributions from David Attenborough , Omar Sharif and Brian Sewell. Producer Louise Hooper ; Series producer Peter Molloy End of empire: page 27