Episode 4, Episode 4, "Science and State” looks at Joseph Banks, the imperialist and globalist who fused the worlds of science and state, redistributed the world’s crops and transformed its landscapes including that of Australia.

Botanist Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his voyages and helped establish the Kew Gardens as a botanical centre in London. He played a pivotal role in the founding of Australia first as a convict settlement and then as a British colony.