How to Become a Tyrant

Miniseries

TV-MA
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The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.

6 Episodes

  • Seize Power
    E1
    Seize PowerInterested in becoming a tyrant? There are rules, and the playbook for a rise to dictatorship starts with one of history's most brutal: Adolf Hitler.
  • Crush Your Rivals
    E2
    Crush Your RivalsYou've secured your place at the top, but maintaining power means watching your back. Nobody did that better or more ruthlessly than Saddam Hussein.
  • Reign Through Terror
    E3
    Reign Through TerrorWhen keeping your population under control, is it better to be loved or feared? Idi Amin certainly thought he knew the right answer to that question.
  • Control the Truth
    E4
    Control the TruthThrough public relations spin, revisionist history and censorship. Soviet autocrat Joseph Stalin found a certain flexibility with the truth useful.
  • Create a New Society
    E5
    Create a New SocietyFree speech? Right to assembly? Rebel-turned-dictator Muammar Gaddafi realized that civil liberties had to go when reshaping society. But he got soft.
  • Rule Forever
    E6
    Rule ForeverSeizing power is hard, but keeping it is harder. In North Korea, the Kim dynasty unlocked the secret to ruling forever: They declared themselves gods.

Cast of Miniseries

  • Peter DinklageNarrator

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