Ben Henderson

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215 appearances 4 recordings 4 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 5 Jul

Ben Henderson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Fascinating.

OK, so we get the picture.

Catherine has popularised tea at the elite level and it's slowly trickling down through the classes and growing in popularity.

But I get the feeling, Alice, that things are about to take a much darker turn.

Yes, and the East India Company plays a huge role in this story, doesn't it?

Yeah, a very dangerous drug that can ruin lives and has done many people in

Yeah.

And this is what leads to what's known as the Opium Wars, isn't it?

And we obviously know it as a company, but they actually have the Royal Navy, don't they, to support them in going to war here?

Gosh, we're flooding their country with drugs, causing loads of addiction and going to war for tea.

I can't believe that a Scottish man can fit in in 19th century China.

Very impressive.

Yeah, absolutely.

He's a bit of a national villain there, isn't he?

So yeah, Robert Fortune and the opium trade echoes down the centuries.

Oh, well, I'll try my best.

So it's obviously a massive period of technological change.

Britain turns from being a largely kind of agrarian country where most people live in the countryside.

to being a heavily urbanised country based on factory work.

Okay, and so what is life like for those factory workers?

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