Netflix to release four-part series about Rupert Murdoch’s family drama

Rupert Murdoch (left) and Lachlan Murdoch, co-chairs of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc, arrive for a media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, on 13 July 2018. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

The real-world drama that is said to have inspired the hit HBO show Succession is set for its own four-part series when Netflix debuts Dynasty: The Murdochs on 13 March.

The docuseries, based on thousands of pages of documents, emails and text messages, presents an exhaustive history of Rupert Murdoch’s rise while homing in on the tensions that have built for decades between him, his chosen heir Lachlan, and Rupert’s three other adult children: James Murdoch, Elisabeth Murdoch and Prudence MacLeod.