How to Become a Tyrant — Miniseries

The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.

Episodes

E01 Seize Power
★ 7.7
Jul 9, 2021 · 31m
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.
E02 Crush Your Rivals
★ 7.3
Jul 9, 2021 · 27m
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.
E03 Reign Through Terror
★ 7.7
Jul 9, 2021 · 28m
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.
E04 Control the Truth
★ 7.7
Jul 9, 2021 · 27m
Through public relations spin, revisionist history and censorship. Soviet autocrat Joseph Stalin found a certain flexibility with the truth useful.
E05 Create a New Society
★ 7.3
Jul 9, 2021 · 26m
Free speech? Right to assembly? Rebel-turned-dictator Muammar Gaddafi realized that civil liberties had to go when reshaping society. But he got soft.
E06 Rule Forever
★ 7.7
Jul 9, 2021 · 30m
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.