Peter Dinklage
Self - Narrator (voice)
Series SeasonSeason 1 episodes2021
How to Become a Tyrant
Miniseries
The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.
Episodes
Each episode has its own detail page.
Episode 131 min2021-07-09
Seize Power
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.
Episode 227 min2021-07-09
Crush Your Rivals
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.
Episode 328 min2021-07-09
Reign Through Terror
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.
Episode 427 min2021-07-09
Control the Truth
Through public relations spin, revisionist history and censorship. Soviet autocrat Joseph Stalin found a certain flexibility with the truth useful.
Episode 526 min2021-07-09
Create a New Society
Free speech? Right to assembly? Rebel-turned-dictator Muammar Gaddafi realized that civil liberties had to go when reshaping society. But he got soft.
Episode 630 min2021-07-09
Rule Forever
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.