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2003 · Documentary · Drama
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TV series / 2001
The Secret Rulers of the World
Episode directors
Jon Ronson
The Secret Rulers of the World was first shown on Channel 4 in April 2001. The five-part documentary series accompanied creator Jon Ronson's book 'Them: Adventures with Extremists', which covered similar topics and described many of the same episodes. Both the series and book detail Ronson's encounters following theorists and activists residing outside political, religious, and sociological norms.
The story
The Secret Rulers of the World was first shown on Channel 4 in April 2001. The five-part documentary series accompanied creator Jon Ronson's book 'Them: Adventures with Extremists', which covered similar topics and described many of the same episodes. Both the series and book detail Ronson's encounters following theorists and activists residing outside political, religious, and sociological norms.
Cast
Jon RonsonNarrator (voice)
Alex E. JonesSelf – Radio Talk Show Host
Jack McLambSelf – Ex-Police Officer, Family Friend · Self – Police Against the New World Order
David IckeSelf – Conspiracy Investigator
Timothy McVeighSelf (archive footage)
Gail GansSelf – Anti-Defamation League
Rachel WeaverSelf
Randy WeaverSelf – Rachel's Father
Richard ButlerSelf – Founder, Aryan Nations
Linda EckstromSelf – Neighbor
Mike JohnsonSelf – US Marshal in Charge of the State of Idaho
Bill MaherSelf (archive footage)
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Dallas PikeSelf – Guitarist (uncredited)
Sara WeaverSelf – Rachel's Sister (archive footage)
Terry WoganSelf (archive footage)
Richard LittlejohnSelf (archive footage)
Brian MulroneySelf (archive footage)
Dan HerbeckSelf – McVeigh's Official Biographer
Lou MichelSelf – McVeigh's Official Biographer
Liz McDermottSelf – McVeigh's Next Door Neighbor
Dennis MahonSelf – White Aryan Resistance
John PeelerSelf – Ex Government Informant
David KoreshSelf (archive footage)
Bob RicksSelf – Special Agent, FBI
Jim EllisonSelf – Co-Conspirator
Oscar JohnsonSelf – Manager, Midwestern Elevator
Jack McDermottSelf – McVeigh's Next Door Neighbor
JD CashSelf – McCurtain Gazette, Oklahoma
Carol HoweSelf (archive footage)
Floyd RatcliffSelf – Owner, Lady Godiva's
Andreas StrassmeirSelf
Kelly Rebecca NicholsSelf – Alex's Girlfriend (as Violet Nichols)
Mary MooreSelf – Bohemian Grove Action Network
RickSelf – Lawyer
Mike HansonSelf – Alex's Camera Man
Harry ShearerSelf – Comedian
Jim TuckerSelf – Conspiracy Investigator
Andrew St. GeorgeSelf – Editor, The Spotlight
Mike PiperSelf – Reporter, The Spotlight
Richard NixonSelf (archive footage)
Margaret ThatcherSelf (archive footage)
Paul LuckmanSelf – Editor, The Weekly News
Frederico Castro e LemosSelf – Reporter, The Weekly News
David BarkerSelf – Camera Man
Brendan de BeerSelf – Photographer, The Weekly News
Martin TaylorSelf – Secretary General, Bilderberg Group
Denis HealeySelf – Founder Member, Bilderberg Group
David RockefellerSelf (archive footage)
Henry KissingerSelf (archive footage)
David OwenSelf – Bilderberg Member 1982
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