Overview
Mao Tse-tung ruled China from 1949 until his death in 1976, and this film examines for the first time on television the true extent of his tyranny and the brutality of his regime. His rise to power, and the revolution that swept away the corruption of Chiang Kai-shek, was accompanied with optimism, but in the following 25 years he virtually destroyed China. Mao's promiscuity with young girls who "felt honoured to have sex with Mao" is revealed by his doctor Li Zhisui; and former Red Guard Zheng Yi reveals that cannibalism played a part in the Cultural Revolution. Followed by CHRISTMAS IN SARAJEVO: As we enjoy Christmas, how are the inhabitants of the Sarajevo street coping with freezing conditions, starvation and shelling? Each night over the holiday period there will be further reports.
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12 - 1Allied to the Mafia January 13, 1993 -
12 - 2The Sparks That Lit the Bonfire January 27, 1993
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12 - 3The Stolen Child February 10, 1993
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12 - 4The Secret File on J. Edgar Hoover February 24, 1993
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12 - 5The Pill: Prescription for Revolution March 10, 1993
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12 - 6Buffalo Bill March 24, 1993
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12 - 7Special: Battle of the Bombers April 07, 1993
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12 - 8On Behalf of the State: Memories of Hanging June 02, 1993
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12 - 9True Story of the Roman Arena September 15, 1993
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12 - 10The Mother of All Battles September 29, 1993
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12 - 11Hunger Strike: A Hidden History October 13, 1993
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12 - 12Children of the Third Reich November 10, 1993
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12 - 13The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald November 21, 1993
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12 - 14Chairman Mao the Last Emperor December 20, 1993