The Last Confession Of Alexander Pearce 8:35pm Sunday, 25 Jan 2009, ABC1 http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/netw/200901/programs/DO0703H001D25012009T203500.htm In 1822, eight men escape from the most isolated and brutal prison on earth, Sarah Island in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). Only one man survives and his tale of betrayal, murder and cannibalism shocks the British establishment to the core. His story is The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce. The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce follows the final days of Irish convict Alexander Pearce's (Ciarán McMenamin) life as he awaits execution. The year is 1824 and the British penal colony of Van Diemen's Land is little more than a living hell.During his six months incarcerated in the Hobart gaol, chained to a wall in the darkness of a cell, Pearce is visited by Father Philip Conolly (Adrian Dunbar), the parish priest of the fledgling colony and a fellow Irishman. Conolly's faith in his God is tested by what he hears. Told as a factual drama, The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce draws a visceral and compelling picture of hell on earth and tells how one man endured the unimaginable by doing the unthinkable. Might be worth a look ! Diane

thanks Diane. have set a reminder. should be worth a look Wendy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane" <dianep@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-CONVICTS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 1:45 PM Subject: [AUS-CON] The Last Confession Of Alexander Pearce (ABC1) The Last Confession Of Alexander Pearce 8:35pm Sunday, 25 Jan 2009, ABC1 http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/netw/200901/programs/DO0703H001D25012009T203500.htm In 1822, eight men escape from the most isolated and brutal prison on earth, Sarah Island in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). Only one man survives and his tale of betrayal, murder and cannibalism shocks the British establishment to the core. His story is The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce. The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce follows the final days of Irish convict Alexander Pearce's (Ciarán McMenamin) life as he awaits execution. The year is 1824 and the British penal colony of Van Diemen's Land is little more than a living hell.During his six months incarcerated in the Hobart gaol, chained to a wall in the darkness of a cell, Pearce is visited by Father Philip Conolly (Adrian Dunbar), the parish priest of the fledgling colony and a fellow Irishman. Conolly's faith in his God is tested by what he hears. Told as a factual drama, The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce draws a visceral and compelling picture of hell on earth and tells how one man endured the unimaginable by doing the unthinkable. Might be worth a look ! Diane ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message