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Victoria's Empire

New Zealand/Australia/Zambia

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Victoria Wood visits countries that used to be part of Queen Victoria's British Empire. In New Zealand she meets Hone, a Maori, and learns about the start of the interracial troubles, before heading to Alice Springs, in the heart of Australia, where countless aborigines were massacred. Victoria's journey ends at Victoria Falls in Zambia, where she takes a trip down the Zambezi river and meets a herbalist who can cure almost anything. Show less

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