Guy
Hedgecoe

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Franco’s Rulebook

Aug 3, 2018

A few months ago, production company PBS invited me to contribute to a documentary they were making about Francisco Franco as part of their ‘Dictators Rulebook’ series. The series has now been shown on the National Geographic channel and is well worth watching (and not just because I’m in it).

The Franco episode, dubbed into Spanish, can be seen here:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3xVzbJ34aw&w=560&h=315]

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