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MONEY
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1 season · 6 episodes total · ~6 per season.
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The Dictator's Playbook
2018 1 seasons · 6 eps English
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7.6
BANGER
★7.6TMDB · 7
Documentary
Synopsis
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Learn how six dictators, from Mussolini to Saddam Hussein, shaped the 20th century. How did they seize and lose power? What forces were against them? Learn the answers in these six immersive hours, each a revealing portrait of brutality and power.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
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Cast
Tim Beckmann
Narrator
Created by
Mark Stevenson
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RUNTIME
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Short-form: under 10 episodes, so binge-completable in a weekend.
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RUNTIME
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Roughly 5 hours end-to-end — 1 full workdays of television.
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ERA
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Premiered 2018 and has since ended.
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WILD
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TMDB status: "Ended".
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CINEMA
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Show type: Miniseries.
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CAST
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Created by Mark Stevenson.
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DIRECTOR
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Co-production across Canada, United Kingdom.
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- Seasons
- 1
- Total episodes
- 6
- Avg episode length
- 54 min
- Premiered
- 2018-06-02
- Last aired
- 2018-07-07
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada, United Kingdom
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