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The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire

(solemn music) A strange mixture of characterspopulate the offshore world, British...

(solemn music) A strange mixture of characters
populate the offshore world, British ex-public schoolboys, members of the world's
intelligence services, global criminals,
assorted lords and ladies and bankers galore

Full Transcript

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A strange mixture of characters populate the offshore world,
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British ex-public schoolboys,
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members of the world's intelligence services,
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global criminals, assorted lords and ladies
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and bankers galore.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:39
Uploaded
Oct 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

How Britain transformed from an imperial power to a financial power.
(solemn music) - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:18
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- For many people, who work offshore - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:17
- For many people, who work offshore
Most of the time though, the instruments - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
Most of the time though, the instruments
You won't get promotion by doing this, or you know, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
You won't get promotion by doing this, or you know,
We are talking about very substantially the establishment, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
We are talking about very substantially the establishment,
A sort of ostracism is one way of doing it. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
A sort of ostracism is one way of doing it.
These peculiar mechanisms for if someone tries - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:11
These peculiar mechanisms for if someone tries
You steer them in a different direction. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:05
You steer them in a different direction.
- [Narrator] One person who is intimately familiar - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:11
- [Narrator] One person who is intimately familiar
In 2009, he leaked a report on a rogue nurse suspected - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
In 2009, he leaked a report on a rogue nurse suspected
- It all came to a head during a state's debate - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
- It all came to a head during a state's debate
Senator Stuart Syvret brought the sitting to a standstill, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:11
Senator Stuart Syvret brought the sitting to a standstill,
Senator Perchard denied the claim saying, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:10
Senator Perchard denied the claim saying,
Senator Perchard has now admitted that on another occasion, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:12
Senator Perchard has now admitted that on another occasion,
- I was arrested at my house one morning - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
- I was arrested at my house one morning
There were another two specialist - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:12
There were another two specialist
So 10 police officers descended on me - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
So 10 police officers descended on me
All kinds of private constituency data was stolen - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
All kinds of private constituency data was stolen
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As he hurried past, he grinned at the camera. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
As he hurried past, he grinned at the camera.