TV Series
★7.3(253 votes)
20211 Season6 EpisodesEndedHow to Become a Tyrant
DocumentaryWar & Politics
The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.
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6 EpisodesThe documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.
EP 01
01.Seize Power
31m★ 7.7
2021-07-09
01.Seize Power
31m★ 7.7
Aired 2021-07-09
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.
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EP 02
02.Crush Your Rivals
27m★ 7.3
2021-07-09
02.Crush Your Rivals
27m★ 7.3
Aired 2021-07-09
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.
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EP 03
03.Reign Through Terror
28m★ 7.7
2021-07-09
03.Reign Through Terror
28m★ 7.7
Aired 2021-07-09
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.
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EP 04
04.Control the Truth
27m★ 7.7
2021-07-09
04.Control the Truth
27m★ 7.7
Aired 2021-07-09
Through public relations spin, revisionist history and censorship. Soviet autocrat Joseph Stalin found a certain flexibility with the truth useful.
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EP 05
05.Create a New Society
26m★ 7.3
2021-07-09
05.Create a New Society
26m★ 7.3
Aired 2021-07-09
Free speech? Right to assembly? Rebel-turned-dictator Muammar Gaddafi realized that civil liberties had to go when reshaping society. But he got soft.
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EP 06
06.Rule Forever
30m★ 7.7
2021-07-09
06.Rule Forever
30m★ 7.7
Aired 2021-07-09
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.
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