The Cult of the Family review – the definitive history of a notorious Australian cult

Rosie Jones’s ABC series is overly hectic at times but still an admirable achievement

Fashions today fall out of vogue tomorrow. Trends and crazes in storytelling always change, because nothing ages faster than the zeitgeist.

But far off into the future, in the days when human beings will beam and/or inject narrative experiences into themselves and the word “television” will sound as dated “hieroglyphics”, at least one genre of story will remain evergreen, continuing to shock and compel audiences with tales of batshit craziness: the story of religious cults.

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