The Murdochs: Elizabeth; Grace and Chloe; Lachlan and his wife Sarah; Rupert and Jerry Hall on their wedding day (from left to right)

As one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in the world, the formidable story behind The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty is more fascinating than fiction. A three-part BBC2 documentary delves into the inner sanctum of 88-year-old media magnate Rupert Murdoch and his family with explosive insights from those who have worked closely with the Australian billionaire over his 60-year reign. It is an intoxicating spectacle of super yachts, helicopters and private islands combined with revelations of close relations with presidents and prime ministers as power struggles between siblings and ex-wives rumble on in the background.

Yet this isnt an outrageous script lifted from the hit Sky TV show Succession; the fictional tale of media mogul Logan Roy and his dysfunctional family. This storyline only scratches the surface of episode one of the real life and times of this audacious businessman and his six children who were reported to have walked away with $2 billion each last year following the merger of the Twenty First Century Fox media empire with Disney. While much is known about the patriarch of the family, Rupert, here is the news-in-brief on some of the rest of the Murdoch clan.

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A Who's Who of the Murdoch Dynasty ahead of BBC documentary - Tatler