First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland HD
From golden handprints of the president to the scene of a massacre, in Kazakhstan Ben Zand experiences the sinister and bizarre sides to living in a dictatorship. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland HD
Ben Zand visits Belarus. To find out what life is like in a dictatorship, he bathes in the rumoured source of the president's powers and comes face to face with the KGB. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland HD
Ben Zand visits Tajikistan. From enforced beard shaving to being tracked down by the police, he experiences the sinister and bizarre side to living in a dictatorship. Show more