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The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce trailer

In1824 the British penal colony of Van Diemen’s Land is little more than a living hell. Chained to the wall of a cell under Hobart Gaol, Pearce is visited by Father Connolly, the parish priest of the fledgling colony and a fellow Irishman. The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce tells how one man endured the unimaginable by doing the unthinkable.

The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce will be screening on ABC on 25 January 2009 at 8.30pm.

Director: Michael James Rowland
Producer: Nial Fulton
Written by: Michael James Rowland & Nial Fulton
Cast: Adrian Dunbar, Ciaran McMenamin, Chris Haywood, Dan Wyllie, Don Hany, Bob Franklin, Martin Jacobs & Richard Green