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Correspondent, The Real Doctor Evil
directed by Rob Lemkin; produced by Rob Lemkin, Old Street Films, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide), 46 mins
With Saddam Hussein gone, North Korea's Kim Jong-il is regarded as the world's most dangerous man. Millions have died of famine and dissidents are sent to labour camps or executed. Now Kim says that he has nuclear weapons - and that he's prepared to sell them to whoever will pay his price. George Bush put North Ko...
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directed by Rob Lemkin; produced by Rob Lemkin, Old Street Films, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide), 46 mins
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With Saddam Hussein gone, North Korea's Kim Jong-il is regarded as the world's most dangerous man. Millions have died of famine and dissidents are sent to labour camps or executed. Now Kim says that he has nuclear weapons - and that he's prepared to sell them to whoever will pay his price. George Bush put North Korea on the 'Axis of Evil' shortlist, but is Kim really plotting to destroy the planet or is the nickname 'Dr Evil' indicative of nothin...
With Saddam Hussein gone, North Korea's Kim Jong-il is regarded as the world's most dangerous man. Millions have died of famine and dissidents are sent to labour camps or executed. Now Kim says that he has nuclear weapons - and that he's prepared to sell them to whoever will pay his price. George Bush put North Korea on the 'Axis of Evil' shortlist, but is Kim really plotting to destroy the planet or is the nickname 'Dr Evil' indicative of nothing more than a battle of words in the Cold War's last frontier? Correspondent charts Kim's progress from lazy student through terrorist mastermind to tough-talking nuclear brinksman.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Rob Lemkin, Old Street Films, Gary Mavers
Author / Creator
Rob Lemkin
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Correspondent
Speaker / Narrator
Gary Mavers
Person Discussed
Kim Jong-Il, 1941-2011
Topic / Theme
Heads of state, Political life, War and Violence, Political and Social Movements, North Koreans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2003 BBC Worldwide
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