About this season
The rise of Benito Mussolini and the birth of fascism in Italy, chronicling a country’s surrender to dictatorship and the relentless ascent of a man who rose from his ashes time and again.
Episodes (8)
1. Episode 1
7.4Aired 10 January 2025 • 61 min
Mussolini had just founded the Fasci di Combattimento when D'Annunzio took Fiume. Mussolini hoped to capitalize on the poet's achievement in the electoral arena.
2. Episode 2
8.1Aired 10 January 2025 • 63 min
The elections had decreed an absolute victory for the Socialists. Mussolini seemed finished, but landowners and industrialists sought his help against the strikes.
3. Episode 3
7.8Aired 17 January 2025 • 51 min
Upon entering parliament, Mussolini wanted to change: to be more strategic, diplomatic, a true statesman. But the Blackshirts rebelled.
4. Episode 4
8.0Aired 17 January 2025 • 56 min
Mussolini wants a new electoral law that would guarantee him an absolute majority. But Don Sturzo, the leader of the Catholics, opposes it.
5. Episode 5
7.8Aired 24 January 2025 • 52 min
Mussolini plans a new electoral law that will guarantee him the absolute majority, but he receives backlash from the leader of the Catholics.
6. Episode 6
7.9Aired 24 January 2025 • 53 min
Mussolini opens the party lists to turncoat politicians from other political parties. An early fascist leader, Forni, takes a stand against him.
7. Episode 7
8.1Aired 31 January 2025 • 53 min
Mussolini wins the elections by a landslide, but Matteotti, a socialist, demands their annulment, denouncing the Blackshirts' violence. Mussolini decides to teach him a lesson.
8. Episode 8
8.6Aired 31 January 2025 • 62 min
With the discovery of Matteotti's body and the arrest of his assassins, Mussolini is cornered. Will he be able to save himself and fascism?