Based on the book "M. Il Figlio del Secolo", this series follows the rise of power of Benito Mussolini, from 1919 to the assassination of Giacomo Matteotti.
M – Son of the Century (Season 1)
Episode 1 (Episode 1) 7.7
Writer: Stefano Bises
Air date: 2025-01-10
Runtime: 59 min
Overview: 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.
Episode 2 (Episode 2) 7.8
Writer: Stefano Bises
Air date: 2025-01-10
Runtime: 64 min
Overview: The elections had decreed an absolute victory for the Socialists. Mussolini seemed finished, but landowners and industrialists sought his help against the strikes.
Episode 3 (Episode 3) 7.8
Writer: Stefano Bises
Air date: 2025-01-17
Runtime: 53 min
Overview: Upon entering parliament, Mussolini wanted to change: to be more strategic, diplomatic, a true statesman. But the Blackshirts rebelled.
Episode 4 (Episode 4) 8.6
Writer: Stefano Bises
Air date: 2025-01-17
Runtime: 58 min
Overview: Mussolini wants a new electoral law that would guarantee him an absolute majority. But Don Sturzo, the leader of the Catholics, opposes it.
Episode 5 (Episode 5) 7.8
Writer: Stefano Bises
Air date: 2025-01-24
Runtime: 53 min
Overview: Mussolini plans a new electoral law that will guarantee him the absolute majority, but he receives backlash from the leader of the Catholics.
Episode 6 (Episode 6) 7.8
Writer: Stefano Bises
Air date: 2025-01-24
Runtime: 54 min
Overview: Mussolini opens the party lists to turncoat politicians from other political parties. An early fascist leader, Forni, takes a stand against him.
Episode 7 (Episode 7) 8.2
Writer: Stefano Bises
Air date: 2025-01-31
Runtime: 54 min
Overview: 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.
Episode 8 (Episode 8) 9.2
Writer: Stefano Bises
Air date: 2025-01-31
Runtime: 63 min
Overview: 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?
Seasons
Episodes 8