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Escaping Idi Amin
DocumentaryWar & PoliticsCrime
A brutal dictator orders 80,000 people to leave the country within 90 days or face the consequences. Many have British passports. As the deadline looms, will Britain help?
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2 EpisodesEP 01
01.Part One: The Boxer and the Butterfly
58m
2026-10-26
01.Part One: The Boxer and the Butterfly
58m
Aired 2026-10-26
In 1972, Ugandan dictator Idi Amin announces a plan to throw all Asians out of the country within 90 days. Will they be able to flee on their British passports?
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EP 02
02.Part Two: Sitting on the Fire
59m
2026-11-02
02.Part Two: Sitting on the Fire
59m
Aired 2026-11-02
Eighty thousand Ugandan Asians suffer brutal repression at the hands of Idi Amin's regime as Britain races to organise a mass evacuation before the 90-day deadline runs out.
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