Boney (TV series)

• James Laurenson as Napoleon " Boney " Bonaparte
• Kate Fitzpatrick as Constable Alice McGorr
• David Gulpilil as Balinga
• Ken Goodlet as Inspector Walters
• Deryck Barnes as Sergeant Colin Harvey
• Honor Blackman
• Brigitte Kollecker
• Brian James
• Tom Farley
• Max Cullen
• Sandra Lee Patterson
• Volkert Kraeft
• Kevin Miles
• Olivia Hamnett
• Jenee Welsh

Boney is an Australian crime series based on novels by Arthur W. Upfield. In the years 1972/73 a total of two seasons were produced, each 13 episodes. The title role is portrayed James Laurenson, whose occupation made ​​( than non- Aboriginal ) for some discussion. In the 1990s, followed by a TV movie and another, but short-lived television series.

In Germany, the original series was broadcast on ZDF and not been repeated since.

Title character

The series is based on the character " Boney " (originally " Bony " is written ), which until 1964 also plays a role in dozens of novels of Arthur W. Upfield from the late 1920s.

Napoleon Bonaparte, an Australian police inspector, wearing a historical name, but is only known to his friends " Boney ". He studied Criminal Justice at the University of Brisbane and determined in murder cases that had already been defined as " unsolvable " to the files and lead him all over Australia. Boney is the son of a white man and an Aboriginal, allowing it to be accepted by both whites and Aborigines as one of their own.

In the second season ( episode from 14) Boney gets in his cases support the policewoman Alice McGorr.

Episodes

Adaptations of the 1990s

Bony was 1990 ( now back to the original spelling) revived for a TV movie of the same name, then the 1992, another television series followed. The latter was criticized because with Cameron Daddo a white man took over the title role.

Cultural references

The music producer Frank Farian named one of his most successful projects Boney M. to the series, which he then often saw on TV.