Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler?

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name = Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler?


caption = Promotional poster for "Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler?"
director = Peter Butt
producer = Peter Butt
Christine Wyld
starring = Nicholas Hope
Rhys Muldoon
Hugo Weaving
Matthew O'Sullivan
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distributor = Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Film Australia
released = 2006-09-07
runtime = 55 min
country = AUS
language = English
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website = http://www.filmaust.com.au/BogleChandler/default.asp?content=boglechandler
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imdb_id = 0870216

"Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler?" is an Australian documentary film about the mysterious deaths of Dr Gilbert Bogle and Mrs Margaret Chandler in Sydney Australia in 1963. Although it was assumed the couple were murdered, police investigators could find or produce no evidence that it was actually murder. The documentary, directed and written by Australian documentary film maker Peter Butt, presents unique evidence to suggest the couple died from hydrogen sulphide poisoning emenating from the river.

The film premiered on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Thursday September 7, 2006. 1.8 million people tuned making it the most-watched Australian documentary ever screened on the network, as well as the most-watched program in 2006 on the ABC [ [http://www.abc.net.au/corp/pubs/media/s1736168.htm Who Killed Dr Bogle & Mrs Chandler - Most watched ABC TV program of the year] . [ [http://www.docnz.org.nz/2007/wgtn/film/who-killed-dr-bogle-and Documentary Film festival 2006 NZ] . Retrieved december 8 2007.] It was the number one program in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane. "Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler?" was well received by television critics, scientists, and politicians and won Most Outstanding Documentary in the 2007 TV Week Logies. [ [http://www.filmaust.com.au/news/media_releases/070507_BC2007logie.doc Film Australia Media Release: Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler?] . Retrieved November 25 2007.] . [ [http://www.australiantelevision.net/awards/logie2007.html LOgie Awards of 2007] . Retrieved December 21 2007.]

Sypnosis

When the half-naked bodies of brilliant physicist, Dr Gilbert Bogle, and his lover, Mrs Margaret Chandler, were found in bizarre circumstances on a Sydney riverbank in 1963, it set into play an unprecedented forensic investigation.

Autopsies offered little clue as to how the couple died, only that there were signs of a rapidly acting poison. Despite assistance from the FBI and Scotland Yard, the poison was never identified. At the end of a long and controversial coronial inquest, no cause of death, killer or motive could be identified.

In the ensuing years, scores of tabloid theories have been put forward, from LSD to Cold War assassinations. But in the minds of many, including the police, Margaret Chandler’s husband, Geoffrey, was the likely culprit.

Four decades later, this explosive documentary reveals startling new scientific evidence - evidence so powerful the police gave filmmaker Peter Butt unprecedented access to their forensic records.

Cast

Reception

Television Box Office

The film premiered on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Thursday September 7, 2006. 1.8 million people tuned in and it was the number one program in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane.

Reviews

It was the most-watched Australian documentary ever screened on the network, top rating program in 2006 on the ABC.

Awards

The film received an Australian TV Week Logie in 2007 for Most Outstanding Documentary.

References

External links

* [http://www.filmaust.com.au/BogleChandler/default.asp?content=boglechandler Official Website]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0870216/ IMDb Entry]

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