BEDTIME STORY: Australia, Before Sleep Simpson and His Donkey 21 April 2026

Tonight, we find ourselves on the steep, unforgiving slopes of Gallipoli, where the noise of war never truly stopped. But in the middle of it all, there was a man who chose a different path. Not charging forward but walking slowly, steadily, up and down those ridges, again and again. John Simpson Kirkpatrick, with a small donkey by his side, carried the wounded to safety under constant fire, not once, not twice, but over and over, until his luck ran out. He didn’t become a legend because he fought.He became one because he saved. This is a story of quiet courage, of mateship, and of one man who refused to leave anyone behind.🌙 The Nightline with Cheralyn Darcey, weeknights 8pm to midnight AESTThe Bedtime Story, where the past softens into story.Every weeknight 11pm AEST.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.