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6 episodes
How to Become a Tyrant - Miniseries
First aired Jul 9, 2021Season 1
The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.
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Episodes
Episode 1
Seize Power
Jul 9, 202131 min3 votes
Interested 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.
Episode 2
Crush Your Rivals
Jul 9, 202127 min3 votes
You've secured your place at the top, but maintaining power means watching your back. Nobody did that better or more ruthlessly than Saddam Hussein.
Episode 3
Reign Through Terror
Jul 9, 202128 min3 votes
When 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.
Episode 4
Control the Truth
Jul 9, 202127 min3 votes
Through public relations spin, revisionist history and censorship. Soviet autocrat Joseph Stalin found a certain flexibility with the truth useful.
Episode 5
Create a New Society
Jul 9, 202126 min3 votes
Free speech? Right to assembly? Rebel-turned-dictator Muammar Gaddafi realized that civil liberties had to go when reshaping society. But he got soft.
Episode 6
Rule Forever
Jul 9, 202130 min3 votes
Seizing power is hard, but keeping it is harder. In North Korea, the Kim dynasty unlocked the secret to ruling forever: They declared themselves gods.