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Real Dictators Episodes

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    Fidel Castro Part 8: Miami Vice

    Fidel sets off on a globe-trotting mission, meeting Colonel Gaddafi in Libya.

  2. Fidel Castro Part 7: Che Guevara in the Jungle

    Castro sets out to turn Cuba into an island of mini-Fidels.

  3. Fidel Castro Part 6: The Cuban Missile Crisis

    Stranger-than-fiction plans are in place as the CIA tries everything to assassinate Fidel

  4. Fidel Castro Part 5: The Bay of Pigs

    A man who was there tells the tale of one of history鈥檚 most notorious military failures

  5. Fidel Castro Part 4: Havana鈥檚 TV Star

    Castro goes on a victory parade, eventually arriving in Havana on top of a tank.

  6. Fidel Castro Part 3: The Mountain Guerrillas

    The world鈥檚 press descends on Cuba. Fidel is only too happy to grant everyone interviews.

  7. Fidel Castro Part 2: Shipwrecked in the Swamps

    Castro strikes up a rapport with an Argentine known as 鈥淐he鈥�. Together, they head to Cuba

  8. Fidel Castro Part 10: Emergency on an Airplane

    As a change of leadership finally takes place, can Cuba ever truly be free from Fidel?

  9. Fidel Castro Part 1: Rise of 鈥楾he Crazy One鈥�

    We travel to the island paradise of Cuba to explore the early years of Fidel Castro.

  10. 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?

  11. Enver Hoxha Part 1: The Albanian School Teacher

    Enver Hoxha ran Albania as an extraordinarily repressive Stalinist dictatorship

  12. Dictators鈥� Books

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

  13. Benito Mussolini Part 7: Break for the Border鈥�

    With the Axis collapsing, Mussolini makes for Switzerland - stowed away and in disguise.

  14. Benito Mussolini Part 6: The Road to Perdition

    Benito Mussolini's son telephones his father with devastating news鈥�

  15. Benito Mussolini Part 5: The Pact of Steel

    With Hitler in the ascendancy, the Rome-Berlin Axis is upgraded to a military alliance.

  16. Benito Mussolini Part 4: A Fine Bromance

    As the World Cup comes to the Fatherland, Benito Mussolini prepares to meet Adolf Hitler鈥�

  17. Benito Mussolini Part 3: Murder in Broad Daylight

    An Anglo-Irish aristocrat prepares to make an astonishing attempt on Mussolini鈥檚 life...

  18. Benito Mussolini Part 2: The March on Rome

    In a smoke-filled hall in Milan, Benito Mussolini declares the birth of a new movement.

  19. Benito Mussolini Part 1: Italy's Fascist Godfather

    As one of modern history's significant figures, we follow the early years of Il Duce.

  20. Attila the Hun Part 2: The Scourge of God

    Attila rampages through Gaul... Will the prophecy of the sword of Mars be realised?

  21. Attila the Hun Part 1: The Sword of Mars

    Attila will become a terrifying icon. Who was he, according to those who observed him?

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