Lawless: The Real Bushrangers(2017)

Name: Lawless: The Real Bushrangers
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017-10-24

October 24, 20171 Season · 4 Episodes

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Overview

This landmark documentary series explores the most iconic crimes of Australia's colonial history. These are stories of violent murder and gun toting mayhem, foundation tales of those that make and break the law. From the birth of the Ned Kelly legend to the brutal death of Ben Hall, these pivotal events are shrouded in mystery and folklore. Using archaeology and the latest forensic methods to test the historical evidence, Mike Munro and the team illuminate a fact-based version of our history.

Network History

Seasons

Season 1

4 Episodes

2017

E01

Ned Kelly

10/24/2017·52m

Stringybark Creek (Vic) 1878, Ned Kelly and his gang kill three policemen in a brutal gunfight: he later claimed the killings were in self-defence, so was Ned Kelly a legend or a liar?

E02

Captain Moonlite

10/31/2017·51m

'Captain Moonlite' leads a group of five young men into one of the most violent gunfights of the bushranging era at Wantabadgery (NSW) in 1879: a policeman is killed and Moonlite is hanged for the crime, but did he really fire the fatal bullet?

E03

Ben Hall

11/7/2017·52m

Ben Hall is ambushed and killed by police near Forbes (NSW) in 1865: was Hall a dangerous criminal, lawfully killed while trying to escape? Or as legend tells, did the police shoot Hall as he slept, an act tantamount to cold-blooded murder?

E04

The Kenniffs

11/14/2017·50m

In 1902 the notorious Kenniff brothers were convicted for one of the grisliest double murders in Queensland colonial history and one was hanged for the crime: it was a brutal crime and a brutal punishment – but was justice served?

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Cast

Mike Munro

Self - Presenter

Adam Ford

Self - Archaeologist

Kiera Lindesey

Self - Historian

Roger Byard

Self - Forensic Pathologist

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