A Timewatch Guide Dictators and Despots (Season 4, Episode 3)
TV Episode | Documentary, History

A Timewatch Guide

Dictators and Despots (Season 4, Episode 3)

TV Episode | Documentary, History

David Olusoga examines fifty years of BBC documentary archives to try and discover why dictators can have such a powerful appeal and asks if our fascination has fed their power.

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Fidel Castro Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Araaayyyyy!!! (1986)
Muammar Gaddafi Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Message (1976)
Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Saddam Hussein Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Long Days (1980)
Joanna Lewis Participant Participant See fewer	Secrets of the Dead (2000)
Robert Mugabe Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Zimbabwe i dag (1982)
Benito Mussolini Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Hundred Days (1935)
David Olusoga Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	History of Now: The Story of the Noughties (2010)
Jan Plamper Participant Participant See fewer	A Timewatch Guide (2015)
Alex von Tunzelmann Participant Participant See fewer	Medici (2016)