Making a Dictator: Story, Cast and Series Facts
Making a Dictator (2018): Series details, synopsis and season dates from TVmaze.

Story and premise
A growing threat to democracies appears in the force of dictatorships. Dictators like Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Augusto Pinochet, Mobutu Sese Seko and Fidel Castro found their way to power through similar methods. Making a Dictator examines the brutal methods and common practices implemented by each dictatorship, along with the ways in which they corrupted the countries they claimed to improve.
Series details
- Title: Making a Dictator
- Format: Documentary
- Language: English
- Premiere date: 2018-12-06
- Final broadcast date listed: 2018-12-20
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: National Geographic
- Network country: United States
- Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
- TVMaze ID: 40687
- TVDB ID: 357035
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 2018-12-06; final listed air date 2018-12-20.
Source and licence
Adapted from Making a Dictator on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.


