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Enver Hoxha Part 1: The Albanian School Teacher

Enver Hoxha ran Albania as an extraordinarily repressive Stalinist dictatorship

• 60 mins

Enver Hoxha Part 2: Stalin鈥檚 Shadow, Europe鈥檚 North Korea

Isolated Albania sinks into an economic mire while Hoxha's health fades. What will give?

• 45 mins

Julius Caesar Part 1: The Roman Dictator

Politician, writer, warrior, & lover. Julius Caesar became the absolute ruler of Rome.

• 52 mins

Julius Caesar Part 2: Rendezvous with Cleopatra

Caesar's epic invasion of Gaul eventually drives him into the arms of Queen Cleopatra.

• 48 mins

Julius Caesar Part 3: Murder in the Senate

Caesar's rule is popular. With the Ides of March approaching, conspirators hatch a plot.

• 46 mins

Oliver Cromwell Part 1: The Rise of Ironsides

Say 鈥淥liver Cromwell鈥� today and certain things come to mind. What is the real story?

• 59 mins

Oliver Cromwell Part 2: Civil War Across the Realms

The English Civil War. Cromwell proves himself to be an outstanding military commander.

• 53 mins

Oliver Cromwell Part 3: To Kill a King鈥�

With the King in captivity, Cromwell takes a bold step. His Majesty must be put on trial鈥�

• 53 mins

Oliver Cromwell Part 4: The Conquest of Ireland

Cromwell becomes Lord Protector, but the Stuart monarchy couldn鈥檛 be restored, could it?

• 62 mins

Papa Doc Part 1: The Voodoo Tyrant

Fran莽ois Duvalier, known as Papa Doc, wielded twin powers of state violence and voodoo.

• 47 mins

Papa Doc Part 2: Haiti鈥檚 Dictator vs JFK

The horrors of the regime are impossible to ignore & so JFK decides to lay down a marker.

• 37 mins

Papa Doc Part 3: Vampire of the Caribbean

Duvalier declares himself an immaterial being, with son "Baby Doc" waiting in the wings.

• 29 mins

Adolf Hitler, the Early Years: Birth of a F眉hrer

We begin a deep dive into the early years of a man who became the embodiment of evil...

• 37 mins

Adolf Hitler, the Early Years: Hitler in the First World War

June 1914. An assassination on the street disrupts the entire balance of power in Europe.

• 38 mins

Adolf Hitler, the Early Years: The 鈥楽tab in the Back鈥�

As the Great War ends, Hitler drinks in far-right conspiracy theories...

• 41 mins

Adolf Hitler, the Early Years: The Spy Becomes the Nazi Leader

Under a new mentor Hitler finds his voice. His march towards power is grinding into gear.

• 32 mins

Adolf Hitler, the Early Years: The Stormtroopers Arrive

Hitler decides the Nazi party needs an army... He creates the Sturmabteilung, or SA.

• 35 mins

Adolf Hitler, the Early Years: Hitler鈥檚 Secret Book

Hitler pens a secret autobiography in which he compares his rise to Jesus鈥� resurrection.

• 30 mins

Adolf Hitler, the Early Years: The Day of Treason

The Nazis launch an assault on power: the Munich Putsch. Will they take over Germany?

• 28 mins

Adolf Hitler, Rise to Power: Adolf Hitler's Day in Court

After an attempted revolution, Adolf Hitler finds himself on the run from the law...

• 45 mins

Adolf Hitler, Rise to Power: Hitler in Prison & Mein Kampf

Hitler, now a national celebrity, is jailed and decides to write a book, 鈥淢ein Kampf鈥�...

• 40 mins

Adolf Hitler, Rise to Power: Hitler鈥檚 Women & Joseph Goebbels

Adolf Hitler, at large once again, finds himself barred from public life.

• 49 mins

Adolf Hitler, Rise to Power: Hitler鈥檚 Secret Family

Hitler鈥檚 fame brings scrutiny & scandal and one personal tragedy could derail everything.

• 57 mins

Adolf Hitler, Rise to Power: Adolf Hitler Seizes Power

As Hitler-mania sweeps the land, the Nazis win an election landslide.

• 51 mins

Pinochet Part 1: An Arrest in London

In September 1973, Augusto Pinochet seizes power in Chile following a coup d鈥櫭﹖at.

• 43 mins

Pinochet Part 2: The Caravan of Death

The touchpaper is lit. President Allende realises he鈥檚 been double-crossed...

• 36 mins

Pinochet Part 3: Searching for the Disappeared

Pinochet consolidates control, creating a terrifying new secret police force...

• 45 mins

Adolf Hitler, Rise to Power: The Reichstag Fire

Installed as Chancellor, Hitler briefs his army chiefs to prepare for war.

• 48 mins

Dictators鈥� Books

Almost every dictator, at one time or another, has put pen to paper.

• 21 mins

Adolf Hitler, Rise to Power: Night of the Long Knives

To ward off the Western Allies, Hitler takes a trip to Venice to visit Mussolini.

• 49 mins