Governor William Bligh arrives in Sydney in 1806 with instructions from the English government to crack down on John MacArthur and the NSW Corps. Using a combination of insults, tantrums and home demolitions, Bligh harnesses his volcanic temper to take on the Rum Corps in earnest, and it’s not long before the colony is turned into a battlefield and Macarthur is trapped inside a ‘perfect hell.

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