Miniseries
(2021)
Overview
The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.
Cast
as Narrator
Episodes
Seize Power 7.0
July 9, 2021
Interested in becoming a tyrant? There are rules, and the playbook for a rise to dictatorship starts with one of histor…
Crush Your Rivals 7.0
July 9, 2021
You've secured your place at the top, but maintaining power means watching your back. Nobody did that better or more ru…
Reign Through Terror 7.0
July 9, 2021
When keeping your population under control, is it better to be loved or feared? Idi Amin certainly thought he knew the …
Control the Truth 7.0
July 9, 2021
Through public relations spin, revisionist history and censorship. Soviet autocrat Joseph Stalin found a certain flexib…
Create a New Society 7.0
July 9, 2021
Free speech? Right to assembly? Rebel-turned-dictator Muammar Gaddafi realized that civil liberties had to go when resh…
Rule Forever 7.0
July 9, 2021
Seizing power is hard, but keeping it is harder. In North Korea, the Kim dynasty unlocked the secret to ruling forever:…