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Back to SearchHerod the Great Part 2: Murders in the Family
Season 5 Episode 113
Herod leaves Rome to wrest Judea from the Parthians. He will marry a princess, commission extraordinary building works, and even murder his in-laws a…
2 years, 9 months ago
Herod the Great Part 1: Ruler of Galilee
Season 5 Episode 112
Herod - you may well know the name from the Nativity story. The cruel king who learns of a prophecy proclaiming a Messiah and orders the slaughter of…
2 years, 10 months ago
Saddam Hussein Part 5: The War on Terror
Season 5 Episode 111
In the aftermath of 9/11, President Bush and Prime Minister Blair send troops back into Iraq. In a highly symbolic moment, beamed around the world, a…
2 years, 10 months ago
Saddam Hussein Part 4: The First Gulf War
Season 5 Episode 110
After Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, US forces are deployed to the region. For some Iraqis, it seems like the perfect time to rise up against their dicta…
2 years, 10 months ago
Saddam Hussein Part 3: Oil and the Ayatollah
Season 5 Episode 109
Saddam nationalises the Iraq Petroleum Company and clashes with the new leader of Iran. A man called ‘Chemical Ali’ commits one of the most heinous a…
2 years, 10 months ago
Saddam Hussein Part 2: Enforcer, Frontman, Mafia Godfather
Season 5 Episode 108
Saddam consolidates his own power base, appointing friends and relatives to key positions. We hear a remarkable account from a woman whose own family…
2 years, 11 months ago
Saddam Hussein Part 1: Son of the Alleyways
Season 5 Episode 107
In the spring of 1937, a child dies and his brother is born. Translated from Arabic, the newborn’s name - Saddam - means ‘one who confronts’. As his …
2 years, 11 months ago
Macías Nguema Part 2: Hiding in the Jungle with all the Money
Season 5 Episode 106
With President Macías in power, educated Equatoguineans come under attack, as a bizarre vendetta is pursued against teachers, lawyers and doctors. Th…
2 years, 11 months ago
Macías Nguema Part 1: The Dachau of Africa
Season 5 Episode 105
This is the extraordinary, blood-curdling story of a dictator you may never have heard of. From 1968-1979, the African nation of Equatorial Guinea wa…
2 years, 11 months ago
Hitler: The Bunker and the End (Part 25)
Season 5 Episode 104
We reach the dramatic conclusion of Hitler’s downfall. With the Battle of Berlin raging, the Führer makes his last stand. Underground, in a bunker be…
3 years ago