Real Dictators Episodes Episode guide
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Kim Jong-il Part 3: Nuclear Armed
Installed as leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-il builds a far-reaching and tragic state.
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Kim Jong-il Part 2: Time to Make a Movie
After World War II, young Kim Jong-il and North Korea grow up side by side...
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Kim Jong-il Part 1: Birth of North Korea
We trace Kim Jong-il's rise to power and the founding of the state of North Korea.
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Julius Caesar Part 3: Murder in the Senate
Caesar's rule is popular. With the Ides of March approaching, conspirators hatch a plot.
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Julius Caesar Part 2: Rendezvous with Cleopatra
Caesar's epic invasion of Gaul eventually drives him into the arms of Queen Cleopatra.
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Julius Caesar Part 1: The Roman Dictator
Politician, writer, warrior, & lover. Julius Caesar became the absolute ruler of Rome.
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Joseph Stalin Part 3: Hitler Attacks
Hitler invades Russia, and Stalin's legacy is bound up with a bloody fight to the death.
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Joseph Stalin Part 2: The Secretary Becomes Dictator
Stalin thrives in the chaos post WW1 but his rise to leadership does not go unchallenged.
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Joseph Stalin Part 1: The Young Bank Robber
How did a man from the Georgian frontier of the Russian Empire plot a route to power?
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Introducing... The Curious History of Your ±«Óãtv
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Introducing... Hitler's Olympics
Search for Revisionist History on ±«Óãtv Sounds to discover the story of Hitler's Olympics.
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Introducing D-Day: The Tide Turns
D-Day: The Tide Turns follows the real people involved in the Normandy Landings.
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Herod the Great Part 2: Murders in the Family
Herod takes Jerusalem, murders family members, and what of his acts in the Nativity?
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Herod the Great Part 1: Ruler of Galilee
King Herod - the original pantomime villain. Who really was this iconic figure?
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Genghis Khan Part 2: Rise of the Mongols
How does Genghis Khan conquer an empire bigger than any before in recorded history?
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Genghis Khan Part 1: Underdog to Emperor
A terror to his foes, Genghis Khan will lead the Mongol peoples far beyond their borders.
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Francisco MacÃas Nguema Part Two: Hiding in the Jungle with all the Money.
MacÃas purges the professional class; his reign worsens when he declares himself God.
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Francisco MacÃas Nguema Part 1: The Forgotten Dictator
MacÃas' rule in Equatorial Guinea is a blood-curdling story of opportunism & paranoia.
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Enver Hoxha Part 2: Stalin’s Shadow, Europe’s North Korea
Isolated Albania sinks into an economic mire while Hoxha's health fades. What will give?
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Enver Hoxha Part 1: The Albanian School Teacher
Enver Hoxha ran Albania as an extraordinarily repressive Stalinist dictatorship
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Dictators’ Books
Almost every dictator, at one time or another, has put pen to paper.
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Attila the Hun Part 2: The Scourge of God
Attila rampages through Gaul... Will the prophecy of the sword of Mars be realised?
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Attila the Hun Part 1: The Sword of Mars
Attila will become a terrifying icon. Who was he, according to those who observed him?
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Adolf Hitler: The Final Solution
It's 1942. WW2 is well underway but the Führer is not as untouchable as he used to be.
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Adolf Hitler: The Bunker and the End
At the very end, Hitler conducts a macabre ritual of marriage, murder and suicide...
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Adolf Hitler: The Battle of Stalingrad
The Nazi war machine is blown apart in one of the pivotal battles of World War 2.
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Adolf Hitler: Operation Valkyrie, Blowing up the Führer
A group of generals attempts an audacious military coup.
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Adolf Hitler: Mussolini’s Prison Break
In Italy, Il Duce is overthrown. Hitler stages a mission to rescue his fascist partner.
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Adolf Hitler, the Early Years: The Stormtroopers Arrive
Hitler decides the Nazi party needs an army... He creates the Sturmabteilung, or SA.
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Adolf Hitler, the Early Years: The Spy Becomes the Nazi Leader
Under a new mentor Hitler finds his voice. His march towards power is grinding into gear.