This documentary series tells the story of the greatest military controversy in Australian history: the trial and execution of Harry ‘The Breaker’ Morant and Peter Handcock by the British during the Boer War. Over a century later, this film revisits the case through the eyes of historians and legal experts, offering evidence that suggests betrayal and subterfuge at the centre of the trial.

This documentary series tells the story of the greatest military controversy in Australian history: the trial and execution of Harry ‘The Breaker’ Morant and Peter Handcock by the British during the Boer War. Over a century later, this film revisits the case through the eyes of historians and legal experts, offering evidence that suggests betrayal and subterfuge at the centre of the trial.