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Papa Doc Part 3: Vampire of the Caribbean
Sep 09, 2020François Duvalier puts the finishing touches to his terrifying cult of personality. The President for Life declares himself an immaterial being - a spirit that will hover over Haiti even after his bod...
Papa Doc Part 2: Haiti’s Dictator vs JFK
Sep 02, 2020Haitian dictator “Papa Doc” Duvalier crushes an attempted coup without mercy. Spooked by this near miss, Duvalier forms his own private militia called the Tonton Macoute. They take their name from a t...
Papa Doc Part 1: The Voodoo Tyrant
Aug 26, 2020Just a few hundred miles south of Florida, across the Caribbean Sea, lies Haiti. From 1957 to 1971, this tropical island nation was ruled by a would-be demigod. François Duvalier - better known as “Pa...
Mao Zedong Part 3: The Cultural Revolution
Aug 11, 2020Mao’s ‘Cultural Revolution’ sets out to purge the minds of an entire population. Meanwhile, the Supreme Leader himself leads a life of debauchery and excess - as his former doctor remembers. The Chair...
Mao Zedong Part 2: The ‘Great Leap Forward’
Aug 04, 2020Mao Zedong's Communists come down from the mountains to do battle with the Nationalists. After clinching victory, Mao is greeted by many as a hero. But life under the new Chairman is about to get a wh...
Mao Zedong Part 1: Peasant's Son, Communist Rebel
Jul 28, 2020In the centre of China’s capital city, Beijing, lies a corpse that no one dares remove. It’s been 44 years since Mao Zedong’s body was laid to rest in the grandiose Chairman Mao Memorial Hall. He may ...
Joseph Stalin Part 3: Hitler Attacks
Jul 14, 2020Stalin’s regime hits the rocks when Adolf Hitler launches Operation Barbarossa and invades Russia. Nazi tanks plough towards Moscow in a devastating advance. Stalin’s legacy is forged in this fight to...
Joseph Stalin Part 2: The Secretary Becomes Dictator
Jul 08, 2020With the First World War underway, Stalin’s journey to dictatorship grinds into gear. After the War, Russia is turned upside down. Stalin thrives in the chaos, masterminding a string of elaborate take...
Joseph Stalin Part 1: The Young Bank Robber
Jul 01, 2020Joseph Stalin - the “man of steel” - was the party secretary who plotted a route to absolute power, becoming head of the Eastern Bloc and chief nemesis of the United States. But how did a man from the...
Kim Jong-il Part 3: Nuclear Armed
Jun 24, 2020Installed as dictator, Kim Jong-il builds an all-powerful state that dominates the lives and minds of its people. North Korea is wracked by famine. The people adapt to survive - we hear from one man w...