MURDOCH: Episode One - Trailer

Описание: Produced by Electric Pictures and Brook Lapping Productions

MURDOCH is a major two-part series that tells the inside story of one of the most powerful and controversial media moguls on the planet. Friends, rivals, colleagues past and present - and the odd former Prime Minister - reveal how Rupert Murdoch built his global empire, starting with a single newspaper in 1950s Australia.

This series explores his ruthless expansion and deal-making, the billions he made and lost, and the reputations he built and destroyed in his never-ending quest to become the undisputed king of newspapers, Hollywood films, and global television. A light is also cast on Murdoch, the private man - relationships, marriages, king-making, strengths and very human flaws - and most recently his struggle to redeem himself and his company after the phone hacking scandal that tore through the heart of his empire. Love, scandal, money and reputation: his own life story is one his journalists would be proud of.

Episode One
The making of a media mogul. As a young man Rupert Murdoch returns home from England following the death of his father, and launches himself into the family business - the Wild West world of Australian newspapers. He survives and commences to build a powerful media empire, News Corporation, across Australia the UK and USA. During this time he promotes political favourites, battles the UK print unions, and takes his empire to the brink of collapse.

First broadcast on SBS One 5 May 2013