BBC Sounds - Real Dictators

Idi Amin Part 3: 'Big Daddy' Seizes Power

Amin wages war against Buganda's king and goes on an army recruitment drive.

Committing atrocities against civilians, Amin sets himself up as a rogue arms dealer.

From 1971 to 1979, Idi Amin Dada devastated Uganda using the persona of the playful joker

As a change of leadership finally takes place, can Cuba ever truly be free from Fidel?

A new leader in the Soviet Union comes to power with fresh ideas which terrify Fidel.

Fidel sets off on a globe-trotting mission, meeting Colonel Gaddafi in Libya.

Castro sets out to turn Cuba into an island of mini-Fidels.

Stranger-than-fiction plans are in place as the CIA tries everything to assassinate Fidel

A man who was there tells the tale of one of history’s most notorious military failures

Castro goes on a victory parade, eventually arriving in Havana on top of a tank.