Power Games: The Packer–Murdoch War (2013)

Directors

David Caesar

Cast

Lachy Hulme, Luke Ford, Patrick Brammall

The story

Episode 1: The rivalry between the families dates back to a brawl in 1960, when Sir Frank Packer was trying to take over the Anglican Press, which owned a printing press that would help him take on the Murdoch-acquired Cumberland Press. When publisher Francis James refused to sell, Kerry Packer and some burly friends were sent down to help him change his mind. According to legend, they broke in and forcefully evicted the people still inside, cut the phone lines, changed the locks and barricaded the windows.

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