Real Dictators Episodes Episode guide
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Napoleon Part 1: The Humble Corsican
You鈥檝e heard the name Napoleon Bonaparte. But who was he, really?
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Mao Zedong Part 3: The Cultural Revolution
As Mao's Cultural Revolution unfolds, his health deteriorates, and what of his legacy?
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Mao Zedong Part 2: The 鈥楪reat Leap Forward鈥�
As Mao clinches power, his Great Leap Forwards drives millions across China to the edge.
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Mao Zedong Part 1: Peasant鈥檚 Son, Communist Rebel
In 1893, Mao is born. As a child on his family farm, he will consume books & ideas.
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Manuel Noriega Part 3: Bush Invades Panama
The Americans go all-in as agents attempt to penetrate the dictator鈥檚 inner circle.
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Manuel Noriega Part 2: A Tale of Two Spy Chiefs
Noriega finds himself on a collision course with future US president George H.W. Bush鈥�
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Manuel Noriega Part 1: The Narco Dictator
Noriega stamped his authority on Panama as its de facto military ruler in the 1980s.
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Lenin Part 4: Ghost at the Kremlin
With power in Bolshevik hands, state terror arrives in Russia. The Soviet Union is born.
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Lenin Part 3: First Russia, Then the World...
Marooned in Switzerland, Lenin prepares for an incredible journey home, by land and sea.
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Lenin Part 2: Underground, On the Run
As the First World War upends Russia, the Bolsheviks wait for their moment.
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Lenin Part 1: The Revolution is Born
Long before his time in power, Lenin's life is something straight out of a spy thriller.
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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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Jean-B茅del Bokassa Part 3: A Coronation for the Ages
The emperor loses control. Old friends become foes. Bokassa鈥檚 day of judgement is at hand
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Jean-B茅del Bokassa Part 2: The Power Grab, the Ch芒teaux and the Missing Daughter
Among other strange happenings, President Bokassa takes a trip to Colonel Gaddafi鈥檚 Libya
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Jean-B茅del Bokassa Part 1: The Butcher of Bangui
In a village near the Central African Republic鈥檚 southern border, rebellion is in the air
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Introducing... Titanic: Ship of Dreams
Explore life and death on the most infamous ship in history.
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Introducing... The Curious History of Your Home
The Curious History of Your Home is available now on 麻豆社 Sounds.
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Introducing... Hitler's Olympics
Search for Revisionist History on 麻豆社 Sounds to discover the story of Hitler's Olympics.
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Introducing... Charles Dickens Ghost Stories
Welcome to Charles Dickens Ghost Stories read by Sir David Suchet.
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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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Idi Amin Part 6: The Entebbe Raid
An audacious commando mission begins. It will spark the beginning of the end for Idi Amin.
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Idi Amin Part 5: Husband, Father, Movie Star
Amin participates in a barely believable film about his own life.
