Death-Defying Destiny Deciders – Part Four: Nightmare in South Africa
After the patriotic fervour that sends Peter Murtough to South Africa, he and hundreds of thousands of soldiers discover the reality of the Boer War is hunger, thirst, filth and sudden bursts of deadl...
18 Mar 58min
Death-Defying Destiny Deciders – Part Three: Diving & Dicing With Death
In July 1898, my great-grandfather Peter Murtough competes for the title of best diver in the world. But seeking more than the thrills of the life aquatic, he ratchets up the risks to himself – and fu...
15 Mar 50min
Death-Defying Destiny Deciders – Part Two: From Waterloo to the Waters of Life
Having fought the French and beaten the odds, Bernard Murtough’s family goes on to prominence in peacetime, establishing themselves and their mineral water business in Portsea. While raised a child of...
12 Mar 44min
New miniseries: Death-Defying Destiny Deciders – Part One: War, Peace & Plague
I recently discovered that my great-grandfather was a champion diver who was active in the very same London scene as the doomed stuntmen who featured in my recent miniseries Death-Defying Death Divers...
9 Mar 47min
Short – Maestro! (feat. Goering + Hitchcock)
From a run-in with the future Nazi villain, to working with the master of movie suspense, Aussie musical genius Arthur Benjamin lived a big life, even if he’s these days overshadowed in our cultural h...
26 Feb 13min
Short – Australia's First Typewriter
A century and a half ago, the age of the typewriter dawned in Australia.Who was the first to import these new American gizmos? Would they cause the extinction of handwriting? Would typewriters increas...
23 Feb 27min
Short – The Strange Story of the Australian Flag
This year marks the 125th anniversary of the Australian flag being raised for the first time – the winning design selected from a competition that attracted over 32,000 entries. Who sponsored the cont...
20 Feb 20min
This Week in 1966 – Part Three: Mr Stinky, a Rogue Cop and the Beaumont Children
Having just retired from the NSW police, infamously bent Sydney detective Ray Kelly injects himself into the Beaumont case in what is one of Australia’s most cynical newspaper stunts. At the same time...
15 Feb 34min
