BBC Sounds - Real Dictators

Tito Part 5: The Sun King

Tito becomes an international celebrity with a jet-set lifestyle.

Manoeuvring the king out of the picture, Yugoslavia is consolidated under communist rule

When the Nazis invade Yugoslavia, Tito takes to the mountains.

An assassination in Marseilles plunges the Balkans into turmoil.

Josip Broz was a resistance leader who became Tito, the strongman ruler of Yugoslavia.

What must it be like to be the child of a brutal tyrant?

Jiang Qing was married to the Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong for nearly 40 years.

The emperor loses control. Old friends become foes. Bokassa’s day of judgement is at hand

Among other strange happenings, President Bokassa takes a trip to Colonel Gaddafi’s Libya

In a village near the Central African Republic’s southern border, rebellion is in the air