This series is loosely based on the real events of the 1995–2004 gangland war in Melbourne. It depicts the key players in Melbourne's criminal underworld, including the Carlton Crew and their rival, Carl Williams.
Underbelly is an Australian television true crime-drama series which first aired on the Nine Network on 13 February 2008 and 1 September 2013, before being revived on 3rd April 2022. Each series is based on real-life events. There have been six full series, with season 7 being a miniseries. A 2014 series titled Fat Tony & Co is a sequel to the first series but is not branded …
Jul 26, 2019 · The case against him was thrown into doubt after it was revealed his lawyer, Nicola Gobbo, was also a police informer and was heavily involved in the evidence used against him. In response to this, Channel 9 is preparing for the reboot of Underbelly Season one, as all of the criminals who were involved in the first season, except the ones that ...
The Melbourne gangland wars start the night the gangster Alphonse Gangitano, "The Black Prince of Lygon Street", and one of the legendary Carlton Crew gang, murders a low-life crim named Greg Workman at a St Kilda party. S1, Ep2. 13 Feb. 2008.
Underbelly (TV Series 2008–2013) - Ian Bliss as Mr. L - IMDb.
Gangitano is considered to be the second of the thirty Melbourne gangland killings between 1998 and 2010, when he was murdered in 1998....Alphonse GangitanoDied16 January 1998 (aged 40) Templestowe, Victoria, AustraliaOther namesBlack Prince of Lygon StreetCriminal statusdeceased (homicide)4 more rows
Underbelly, the first series of Australian crime television drama series Underbelly. The thirteen-part series originally aired from 13 February 2008 to 7 May 2008 on the Nine Network and is loosely based on the real events of the 1995–2004 gangland war in Melbourne.
actor Vince ColosimoUnderbelly's first two episodes focus almost entirely on the character of Alphonse Gangitano, played by veteran actor Vince Colosimo.
Carl Williams (criminal)Carl WilliamsDied19 April 2010 (aged 39) HM Prison BarwonCause of deathHomicide (bludgeoned with a broken handle bar of an exercise bicycle whilst incarcerated)Body discoveredHM Barwon PrisonNationalityAustralian14 more rows
The Carlton Crew had a strong role in the infamous Melbourne gangland killings....The Carlton Crew.Founded1970sYears active1970s−PresentTerritoryVarious neighborhoods in MelbourneEthnicityMainly people of Italian ancestryMembership50-100 associates (2000s)4 more rows
Bayeh, who now lives in the Sydney CBD with his 35-year-old fiance Leyla Yavuz, wants it known that he has no grudge against the two men mainly responsible for his very public demise and eventual jailing, Royal Commissioner James Wood and Council Assisting the Royal Commission John Agius.Jan 3, 2015
Michael Marshall, a drug dealer and hotdog salesman, was slain in broad daylight in front of his 5-year-old son and girlfriend in South Yarra on October 25. Two men, Victor Brincat, 43, and Thomas Hentschel, 41, were arrested within hours of the shooting and have been charged with his murder.
actor Andrew GilbertIn 2008, he was portrayed by actor Andrew Gilbert in the series Underbelly. He was also portrayed in the 2011 Australian television series Killing Time.
The latest saga comes after Daily Mail Australia revealed Colosimo was the alleged victim of an opportunistic conwoman who threatened to ruin his career if he didn't hand over $50,000. Victoria Police confirmed an Elwood man, 55, was charged with unlicensed and drug driving.Jan 24, 2022
Zarah Garde-Wilson (born 1978) is an Australian solicitor in Victoria who rose to prominence after she acted for many persons under investigation by Victoria Police in relation to the Melbourne gangland killings of 1998–2006.
Colosimo had been at the end of a string of bad news stories that began in 2016 when he was pulled over with a small amount of the drug ice in his car. Later that year, the actor was handed a $3,500 fine for driving under the influence of the same drug while on a suspended licence.Jan 19, 2022
Underbelly is based on the book Leadbelly: Inside Australia's Underworld, by Age journalists John Silvester and Andrew Rule. As the Nine Network was interested in creating local and world-class television, they decided to invest in a drama series that told the story of the Melbourne gangland killings.
The series is produced by the Australian Film Finance Corporation, in association with Film Victoria. The executive producers are Des Monaghan and Jo Horsburgh.
The opening double episodes, which aired on 13 February, attracted an average of 1,320,000 viewers nationally, minus Victoria, making it the third most-watched show of the night. In Victoria alone, the series was expected to attract 800,000 to 1 million viewers, which would have put Underbelly figures over the 2 million mark. The replacement movie for Underbelly in Victoria, The Shawshank Redemption, managed only 271,000 viewers. The third episode, which aired on 20 February, managed to hold most of its viewers from its premiere, attracting 1,273,000 viewers nationally, a decline of only 50,000 viewers. The fourth episode, which aired on 27 February, managed to hold nearly all of its viewers from the previous episode, attracting 1,250,000 viewers nationally, a decline of only 23,000 viewers. Although leaked copies of all the episodes became available online, the show continued to attract "huge television audiences". Underbelly averaged 1.26 million viewers for all 13 episodes.
Underbelly began airing in New Zealand on TV3 on Sunday at 9:30 pm, but the network put the series on hiatus after three episodes because it was "not performing as expected in the time slot". Due to a public outcry, TV3 reversed their decision 48 hours later, saying it was "bowing to the pressure of angry fans". TV3 reinstated the series in its old timeslot, but rescheduled it to 11:15 pm on Tuesday evenings just weeks later. TV3 senior publicist Nicole Wood said the show had failed to win new viewers in the Sunday slot, and even though they were "inundated with fans" when they took it off air, it "still didn't rate" on its second showing. The series was brought back to primetime in July 2009, after the sequel series performed well in New Zealand. Beginning with episode 1, the series is currently playing every Thursday at 9:30 pm. In April 2008, the Nine Network signed an international distribution deal with Fox International Channels and Portman Film & Television. The series will be broadcast in Scandinavia, Canada, France, the UK, Italy ( Rai 4 ), Balkans, Korea, Pan-Asia, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Turkey and Germany. Gyngell said, "to say we are pleased is an understatement – we are delighted that the series will gain international audiences and global recognition". Scottish commercial broadcaster STV have signed up to broadcast the series. Series 3 is now broadcasting after the good reception of the first two series. U.S. satellite-only service DirecTV will broadcast the entire trilogy, beginning in February 2010, on its channel "The 101".
It was not branded as Underbelly due to changes in funding with Screen Australia, but chronologically acts as a direct sequel to the first series of the show, with most of the same cast playing the same characters with only one or two exceptions. Based on Tony Mokbel, the series covers the manhunt for Mokbel that lasted 18 months, and dismantled his drug empire. It was filmed in Greece . It first aired on 23 February at 8:40 pm on Channel 9.
The thirteen-part series originally aired from 13 February 2008 to 7 May 2008 on the Nine Network and is loosely based on the real events of the 1995–2004 gangland war in Melbourne. It depicts the key players in Melbourne's criminal underworld, including the Carlton Crew and their rival, Carl Williams. The series is based on the book Leadbelly: ...
The Nine Network spent more than fifteen million dollars producing and promoting Underbelly. The lead-up resulted in a heavy marketing campaign which covered radio, print, billboards and an increased online presence, including the use of social networking tools. When the CEO of the Nine Network, David Gyngell noted the need to up its online presence, and embrace social networking as a valuable marketing tool, the official website was launched. The original website was launched on 15 January 2008, with only a 3-minute trailer; while the full site, with all its features, launched on 1 February 2008. It was announced that the full first episode would be available for download on the site on 10 February, three days before the show premieres on television, but this option was made unavailable due to the Supreme court suppression case. This intention follows a similar strategy used for the launch of Sea Patrol in 2007. The site was "poised to become" the biggest and most detailed website the Nine Network has hosted for a show so far, including features such as behind the scenes footage, profiles, visitor interactivity and the use of social networking tools. Due to the court injunction, the Nine Network was ordered to remove character profiles from its official website in Victoria.