Inside the minds of the heartless, corrupt, and cruel individuals who've seized control of their country through the infliction of appalling pain on their fellow man. From Kim Jong-il, to Osama Bin Laden, to Hitler, uncover the madness behind the merciless dictators responsible for unimaginable human atrocities that still haunt the world.
In 2025 it will be 80 years since the end of World War II. What was it like to live in Sweden during the war? How were people affected by everything that happened so close to home? SVT has asked the Swedish people to send in their memories: letters, films, photographs and diaries and several thousand responses were received from all over the country.
This classic series follows the events that sparked the greatest conflict of the century, capturing the drama, the excitement and the ideological juxtapositions of these crucial years. Former CBS News correspondent and commentator Eric Sevareid, one of the world's most respected figures in journalism, presents this extraordinary series featuring stunning original newsreels, soundtracks, and rare archival footage.
Set in mid-nineteenth-century Algeria, within the winding alleyways of the old Casbah, the series unfolds under colonial rule and harsh social realities. At its center is Fatma, a gifted young musician determined to pursue her artistic calling in a society that seeks to silence her. Constrained by a conservative family and rigid traditions, she fights to claim her own voice.
Inspired by Al-Zahra, a celebrated singer returning from exile, Fatima finds the courage to defy expectations. But as her talent blossoms, so does the opposition she faces. When her path crosses with Ali Ben Ammar, a young man drawn into the struggle for resistance and identity, her personal dream becomes intertwined with her homeland’s fate—transforming her journey into one of courage, love, and sacrifice.
During the Suez Crisis of 1956, two young clerks at the stuffy Foreign Office in Whitehall display little interest in the decline of the British Empire. To their eyes, it can hardly compete with girls, rock music, and the intrigue of romantic entanglements.
A British intelligence officer races against time to uncover a UK politician's potential ties with the Kremlin, risking her reputation and family, as a murder and election loom.
1557, The Wars of Religion threaten France. Behind the ramparts of the castle of Mespech, surrounded by a dangerous, hostile and intolerant world, the Siorac family fights for its survival and its convictions.