Wm Bligh

Description: Episode of Series “Behind the Legend”. Presents a dramatized re-enactment of the events surrounding the arrest of Governor William Bligh by the New South Wales Corps in 1808. Various witnesses present their accounts of cowardice and misappropriation by Bligh. Introduced by Manning Clark and written by Thomas Keneally. Cast includes Brian James as Bligh, Peter Gwynne, Richard Meikle, Kevin Leslie, John Trenaman, Robyn Nevin.