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Are they not making British Empire shows?

There have been loads of TV series made in the UK set in India, Kenya and other parts of the Empire. Funnily enough they tend to avoid mentioning the brutality of the British in dealing with the locals e.g.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau_Mau_Uprising

For some reason these shows aren't quite as popular as they used to be...

I would watch the shit out of a TV show that really told the story of the British Raj, in all its racist, bloodthirsty, brutal "glory".

perhaps Indian arts can tell that story. it's not like they lack experience with making film. I'd be surprised if there isn't anything?

If they are then I haven’t heard of them. Outside of monarchy specific things which operate in the same time period (but certainly are not the focus)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311113/

The series "The Last Kingdom" is based on the books by Bernard Cornwell. He also wrote the "Sharpe" books, which were adapted to several TV films (starring Sean Bean). They're set around the Napoleonic Wars, with some of them in India.

Hornblower is decent as well.

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