BBC Sounds - Real Dictators

Dictators' Wives: Jiang Qing

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

The question of who succeeds Mugabe crisis threatens to tear Zimbabwe apart.

Mugabe drags his country into the greatest economic crisis since the Wall Street Crash.

The arrival of a new prime minister in Britain will herald Mugabe’s first great crisis.

As a young man, Mugabe led a revolution that returned Zimbabwe to African hands.

Colonel Gaddafi meets one of the grisliest ends of any dictator in history.

On September 11th, 2001, life in the West is transformed in an instant.