This week's top TV: 24 - 30 July
History
Dictators and Despots: a Timewatch Guide
Tuesday, 9pm, BBC Four
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Historian David Olusoga examines 50 years of BBC documentary archives to look at the appeal of dictators, and find out how they gain power.