Real Dictators explores the hidden lives of history's tyrants. Narrated by Paul McGann.
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Videla’s dirty war begins, but he employs elaborate means to gloss over the atrocities.
In 1925, Jorge Rafael Videla is born in Argentina: a country at a crossroads.
As Hitler turns 50, the finishing touches are put to a shock pact with Stalin.
Hitler expands the Third Reich, while the Nazis stir up an orgy of anti-Jewish violence.
In mid-1930, under Hitler's command, Germany's armed forces expand at an alarming rate
To ward off the Western Allies, Hitler takes a trip to Venice to visit Mussolini.
Almost every dictator, at one time or another, has put pen to paper.
Installed as Chancellor, Hitler briefs his army chiefs to prepare for war.
Pinochet consolidates control, creating a terrifying new secret police force...
The touchpaper is lit. President Allende realises he’s been double-crossed...
In September 1973, Augusto Pinochet seizes power in Chile following a coup d’état.
As Hitler-mania sweeps the land, the Nazis win an election landslide.
Hitler’s fame brings scrutiny & scandal and one personal tragedy could derail everything.
Adolf Hitler, at large once again, finds himself barred from public life.
Hitler, now a national celebrity, is jailed and decides to write a book, “Mein Kampf”...
After an attempted revolution, Adolf Hitler finds himself on the run from the law...
The Nazis launch an assault on power: the Munich Putsch. Will they take over Germany?
Hitler pens a secret autobiography in which he compares his rise to Jesus’ resurrection.
Hitler decides the Nazi party needs an army... He creates the Sturmabteilung, or SA.
Under a new mentor Hitler finds his voice. His march towards power is grinding into gear.
As the Great War ends, Hitler drinks in far-right conspiracy theories...
June 1914. An assassination on the street disrupts the entire balance of power in Europe.
We begin a deep dive into the early years of a man who became the embodiment of evil...
Duvalier declares himself an immaterial being, with son "Baby Doc" waiting in the wings.
The horrors of the regime are impossible to ignore & so JFK decides to lay down a marker.
François Duvalier, known as Papa Doc, wielded twin powers of state violence and voodoo.
Cromwell becomes Lord Protector, but the Stuart monarchy couldn’t be restored, could it?
With the King in captivity, Cromwell takes a bold step. His Majesty must be put on trial…
The English Civil War. Cromwell proves himself to be an outstanding military commander.
Say “Oliver Cromwell” today and certain things come to mind. What is the real story?
