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Bony (TV series)

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Bony
GenreCrime
Directed byGary Conway
Chris Langman
StarringCameron Daddo
Christian Kohlund
Country of originAustralia
Germany
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkSeven Network
Release15 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.[1]

Cast

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Main / regular

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Guests

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Pilot

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Bony
Directed byHenri Safran
Written byEverett De Roche
Based onan idea by Reg Watson
Produced byDavid Lee
Jan Badlier
StarringCameron Daddo
Catherine Oxenberg
David Reyne
Burnum Burnum
Tom Richards
Mandy Bowden
Release date
  • 5 September 1990 (1990-09-05)
Running time
96 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

The pilot film to the series aired in 1990. It concerns Bony investigating an attempted rape allegation.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 89
  2. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p17
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