Australian Story The Miller's Tale: Part 1 (1996– ) Online

Australian Story The Miller's Tale: Part 1 (1996– ) Online

Michael Parkinson introduces this special 500th edition of Australian Story on the extraordinary adventures of his friend and hero, fighter pilot turned legendary 'Invincibles' cricketer, Keith Miller. Miller had the world at his feet throughout the 1950s. Blessed with film-star good looks and outstanding cricket skills, he took Britain by storm during the lean post-war years when heroes were hard to come by. Women adored him, men wanted to be just like him. Shaped by his formative experiences as a World War II bomber pilot, he perfected a rebellious attitude on the pitch and an irreverent party-boy persona off it. Watching his mates die meant it was hard to take sport seriously ever again. Equally comfortable with the jet set (Princess Margaret was a regular companion) and cricket fans alike, Miller also juggled a complicated personal life as father to four boys and husband to long-suffering wife Peg. For the first time, Miller's sons reveal their own troubled pasts and discuss how ...