Why would anyone write a 700 page doorstop about Australia’s supposedly worst-ever prime minister, especially when his leadership lasted less than two years? As a novice of the genre, Patrick Mullins set himself a mammoth task, and faced daunting obstacles, but the result, Tiberius With A Telephone, won him the National Biography Award. 

Producers: Jennifer Macey and David Roach

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