Archival footage and expert analysis provide insights into the private lives of history's most notorious dictators. We also examine the consequences that arise when private behaviour and public power collide.
The Ugandan military dictator, whose brutal eight-year rule left hundreds of thousands dead, led an equally sadistic sex life.
Uncover the truth behind Castro's revolutionary image, revealing how personal relationships were used to secure loyalty, power and control.
Uncovering Josef Goebbels' public devotion and private hypocrisy, revealing how obsession, control and propaganda shaped power in Nazi Germany.
Get to grips with the secretive system of control behind Gaddafi's regime, showing how fear and exploitation were woven into his rule.
The sexual power plays, obsessions and abuses that influenced rulers' reigns - and sometimes the fate of nations - continuing with Saddam Hussein.