1992 multi-national TV series or program
| Bony | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime |
| Directed by | Gary Conway Chris Langman |
| Starring | Cameron Daddo Christian Kohlund |
| Country of origin | Australia Germany |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Seven Network |
| Release | 15 August (1992-08-15) – 19 December 1992 (1992-12-19) |
Bony is an Australian television series made in 1992. The series of 13 episodes followed on from a telemovie made in 1990. The series was criticised for casting a white man (Cameron Daddo) as the title character Detective David John "Bony" Bonaparte, under the tutelage of "Uncle Albert", an elderly Aboriginal person played by Burnum Burnum. Bony was supposed to be a descendant of the Bony character created by Arthur Upfield in dozens of novels from the late 1920s until his death in 1964.
Cast
Main / regular
- Cameron Daddo as Detective David John 'Bony' Bonaparte
- Burnum Burnum as 'Uncle Albert' Harris
- Christian Kohlund as Detective Sergeant Frank Fisher
- Terence Cooper as Inspector Leo Vincetti
- Mandy Bowden as Constable Bev Miles
Guests
- Alan Fletcher as Pryor (1 episode)
- Annie Jones as Sarah (1 episode)
- Anthony Hawkins as Evan Baxter (1 episode)
- Briony Behets (1 episode)
- Darren Yap as Chang (1 episode)
- Frankie J. Holden as Croft (1 episode)
- Guy Pearce as Craig (1 episode)
- Lenita Vangellis as Rina (1 episode)
- Libby Tanner as Jenny (1 episode)
- Mark Lee as Dave O'Dwyer (1 episode)
- Nicki Paull as Jane (1 episode)
- Penne Hackforth-Jones as Eve (1 episode)
- Robert Mammone (1 episode)
- Rod Mullinar as Selby (1 episode)
- Sophie Heathcote as Sally (1 episode)
- Steven Vidler as Jackson (1 episode)
- Tina Bursill as Peta (1 episode)
- Wynn Roberts as Templeman (1 episode)
Pilot
1990 Australian film| Bony | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Henri Safran |
| Written by | Everett De Roche |
| Based on | an idea by Reg Watson |
| Produced by | David Lee Jan Badlier |
| Starring | Cameron Daddo Catherine Oxenberg David Reyne Burnum Burnum Tom Richards Mandy Bowden |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 96 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
The pilot film to the series aired in 1990. It concerns Bony investigating an attempted rape allegation.
See also
References
- Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 89
- Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p17
External links
- Bony at IMDb
- Blackwater Trail at IMDb
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