On April 28, 1789, Fletcher Christian led part of the crew of the HMS Bounty in a mutiny against the ship's captain, William Bligh.  What led to this?  Was Bligh a tyrant, as many people think?  Was the mutiny justified?  And, what was the Bounty's mission in the first place?  In Part 1 of a two-part episode, Hanchuk sets the stage and takes the listener through the actual mutiny.