Where to watch Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991) in the UK
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991) is not currently listed on any UK streaming, rental, or purchase service. Last verified on 18 May 2026 by ScreenSearch.
For 50 years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first “mass medium.” In Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, Ken Burns examines the lives of three extraordinary men who shared the primary responsibility for this invention and its early success, and whose genius, friendship, rivalry and enmity interacted in tragic ways. This is the story of Lee de Forest, a clergyman’s flamboyant son, who invented the audion tube; Edwin Howard Armstrong, a brilliant, withdrawn inventor who pioneered FM technology; and David Sarnoff, a hard-driving Russian immigrant who created the most powerful communications company on earth.
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Cast & crew
Top-billed cast in Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio.
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Jason RobardsNarrator (voice) -
Red BarberSelf - Radio Announcer
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Erik BarnouwSelf - Historian
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Ken BilbySelf - Biographer of David Sarnoff
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Norman CorwinSelf - Writer
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Susan DouglasSelf - Historian -
Frank GüntherSelf - Engineer
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Jeanne HammondSelf - Niece of Edwin H. Armstrong
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