Miniseries Finale – Death-Defying Destiny Deciders – Part Ten: Nature & Nurture
I'm adopted and – while I come from colourful characters who roamed from Ireland and England to Western Australia, Lord Howe Island and Sydney, via South Africa and the Western Front – I didn't know *...
26 Mar 49min
Death-Defying Destiny Deciders – Part Nine: Rumtough to the Rescue!
After tragedy strikes, Emma Murtough begins the colourful third act of her life – as "Mrs Rumtough", fearless travelling housekeeper of the Western Australian wheatbelt and goldfields! Meanwhile, on t...
26 Mar 1h 12min
Death-Defying Destiny Deciders – Part Eight: The Land of Better Chance
Having made her unthinkable decision, my great-grandmother Emma Murtough takes her children for a new life in Australia. But getting to the Land of Better Chance is to require a scandalous sea voyage,...
26 Mar 58min
Death-Defying Destiny Deciders – Part Seven: All Disquiet After the Western Front
Beyond the propaganda about glory, duty and sacrifice, the aftermath of the Great War ushers in a grave new world for my great-grandmother Emma Murtough and her three children. To escape and have a ne...
24 Mar 43min
Death-Defying Destiny Deciders – Part Six: Somewhere in France
My great-grandfather Peter Murtough arrives on the Western Front in August 1915. He is soon plunged into some of the most horrific battles of the Great War. Casualty rates soar in his battalion. Some ...
22 Mar 41min
Death-Defying Destiny Deciders – Part Five: It’s A Long Way to Tipperary
Celebrated high diver Peter Murtough takes the plunge when he marries Emma Hanbury – my colourful great-grandmother. But being a husband and father to three young children doesn't stop him from taking...
20 Mar 38min
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
