Coordinated by publisher Nuclear Media and adapted from the beautiful series published by The Daily Mirror in the UK, this 4-part-series commemorates the 100th Anniversary of the end of ‘The Great War.’ Each edition includes a commemorative war-time ‘Daily Mirror’ newspaper that focuses on pivotal points in the Great War’s history as well as personal…Read more
After some three and a half years of global carnage on a scale never seen before in history, World War One was still in the balance, and would go through one more tremendous convulsion of death and horror before it finally ran its course. On 21 March 1918 the German Army launched a massive series of…Read more
The last 100 days of World War One – a period that extended from 4th August to 11th November 1918 – proved decisive when finally, after more than four years of bloodshed, misery and carnage the like of which had never been seen before – the War was over. In the earlier days of the…Read more
• Foxtel GO streams in HD, live and On Demand • Chromecast and AirPlay lets multi-room subscribers take the big screen experience with them, anytime, any place • Watch on tablets, smartphones and select PC & Mac browsers Foxtel has unveiled the supercharged arrival of its popular mobile streaming app, Foxtel GO. The news…Read more
In The Pacific, Sam Neill crosses the length and breadth of the largest ocean in the world to experience for himself a contemporary journey in Captain Cook’s footsteps. Captain James Cook’s incredible epic voyages of discovery are as controversial now after 250 years as ever. James Cook – Making of a Mariner James was born in…Read more
The Pacific In The Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill Starts Monday August 27 at 7.30pm AEST The Fateful Return to Hawaii Resolution and Discovery returned to Hawaii in 1779. After sailing around the archipelago for about eight weeks, they made landfall at Kealakekua Bay, on the largest island in the group. After a…Read more
The Pacific In The Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill Starts Monday August 27 at 7.30pm AEST The Third and Final Voyage of James Cook (1776–79) By 1776, James Cook was well-renowned for his seamanship, surveying and exploring. He had commanded two great voyages around the world and become the first European to visit…Read more
The Pacific In The Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill Starts Monday August 27 at 7.30pm AEST The Second Voyage of James Cook (1772 – 1775) In 1772, Lieutenant Cook was promoted to Commander. This promotion led to a new expedition to settle once and for all the speculative existence of the Great Southern…Read more
The Pacific In The Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill Starts Monday August 27 at 7.30pm AEST The First voyage of James Cook (1768 – 1771) The HMS Endeavour departed England on the 26th August 1768. Lieutenant Cook and his crew rounded Cape Horn and continued westward across the Pacific to arrive at Tahiti on…Read more
The Pacific In The Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill Starts Monday August 27 at 7.30pm AEST The Making of a Mariner James was born in the northern town of Marton, Yorkshire on 7 November 1728. At the ripe old age of sixteen, a little over the age that he could have joined the Royal…Read more
The idea that truth is stranger than fiction has been around a while. It’s been attributed to Shakespeare, Twain and some might even make the argument for Tom Clancy. We’re not here to debate the origins of this well-worn phrase, but it’s Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the world most famous detective Sherlock Holmes…Read more
Saints or Sinners? Tsar Nicholas II, his family and their last servants are Saints in the Russian Orthodox Church. This elevation to near divine all starts back in July 1918 with a very brutal act in the cellar of a merchant house in Yekaterinburg. Here’s a very rudimentary timeline of some very complicated events in a…Read more
