Episode One focuses on Nazi Albert Speer, who used his charisma to, according to some, fool the court into a lighter sentence than he deserved. Episode One questions whether the "Nazi who said sorry", whose actions were the most far reaching and significant of the trial, was a troubled soul seeking forgiveness of the German people or the mastermind of a cynical strategy that fooled the world?

Episode Two looks at the trial of the Nazi's top soldier, Hermann Goering, and how it turned into a battle for his legacy with the German people. Episode Two questions whether Hitler's chosen successor could succeed where he had failed by re-igniting Nazi pride from the witness box.

Episode Three details the trial of fanatical Nazi Rudolf Hess, whose trial was marked by his increasingly bizarre and paranoid behavior. Episode Three explores the mind of one of the most fanatical of all Nazis and the insight that gives into the psychology of dictatorship.