Boney (TV series)

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Television series
German title Boney
Original title Boney
Country of production Australia
original language English
Year (s) 1972-1973
length 50 minutes
Episodes 26 in 2 seasons
genre Crime series
First broadcast January 21, 1972 on Seven Network
German-language
first broadcast		 April 6, 1974 on ZDF
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Boney is an Australian crime series based on novels by Arthur W. Upfield . In the years 1972 to 1973 a total of two seasons of 13 episodes were produced. The title role played James Laurenson , whose cast (as a non-Aboriginal) caused some discussion. In the 1990s, the television film Bony: Drive to Death and the other, but short-lived television series Bony and his Commissioner followed .

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

Title character

The series is based on the character "Boney" (originally written "Bony"), who also played a role in dozens of novels by the writer Arthur W. Upfield from the late 1920s to 1964.

Napoleon Bonaparte, an Australian police inspector, has a historical name, but his friends only ever call him "Boney". He studied criminology at the University of Brisbane and is investigating murder cases that have already been filed as "unsolvable" and that take him across Australia. Boney is the son of a white and an Aboriginal , which makes him acceptable to both whites and Aborigines as one of their own.

In the second season (from episode 14), Boney receives support from police officer Alice McGorr in his cases.

Adaptations from the 1990s

In 1990, Bony was revived (now back in the original spelling) for a television film of the same name , which was followed by another television series in 1992 with Bony and his commissioner . The latter was criticized because Cameron Daddo, a white man, took over the title role.

Trivia

The music producer Frank Farian named one of his most successful projects Boney M. after this series, which he often saw on television at the time.

Episode list

season 1

No. (total) No. (season) Episode title Original title First broadcast (Germany) First broadcast (Australia)
1 1 Boney and the heirs Boney And The Claypan Mystery April 6, 1974 July 27, 1972
2 2 Boney and the girl killer Boney Meets The Daybreak Killer February 22, 1975 3rd August 1972
3 3 Boney and the Widow Boney and the Reaper May 18, 1974 August 10, 1972
4th 4th Boney and the House of Evil Boney in Venom House April 20, 1974 17th August 1972
5 5 Boney and the happy coffin maker Boney and the Reaper November 30, 1974 August 31, 1972
6th 6th Boney and the boxer Boney And The Payback Killer January 11, 1975 7th September 1972
7th 7th Boney and the Broken Bay Killers Boney Picks A Widow December 14th 1975 September 14, 1972
8th 8th Boney and the Black Maiden Boney And The Black Virgin May 4th 1974 September 21, 1972
9 9 Boney, murder and lots of bucks Boney Takes A Holiday June 15, 1974 5th October 1972
10 10 Boney is buying a woman Boney Buys A Woman August 10, 1974 October 12, 1972
11 11 Boney and the two damned Boney And The White Savage 5th October 1974 October 26, 1972
12 12 Boney and the monster Boney And The Monster 7th September 1974 2nd November 1972
13 13 Boney and the black opal Boney And The Black Opal June 1, 1974 November 9, 1972

season 2

No. (total) No. (season) Episode title Original title First broadcast (Germany) First broadcast (Australia)
14th 1 Boney and the favor of the stars Boney Tells A Fortune June 29, 1974 22nd January 1973
15th 2 Boney and the Sheep Shearers Boney And The Paroo Bikeman July 27, 1974 January 29, 1973
16 3 Boney and the tree shrike Boney And The Strangler July 13, 1974 5th February 1973
17th 4th Boney and the half-breed Boney And The Powder Trail September 21, 1974 February 12, 1973
18th 5 Boney and the Albatross Boney And The Albatross November 16, 1974 19th February 1973
19th 6th Boney and the Kelly Band Boney And The Kelly Gang 19th October 1974 February 26, 1973
20th 7th Boney and the Thompson Story Boney Hunts A Murderess March 22, 1975 March 5th 1973
21st 8th Boney and the fitness regimen Boney And The Devil's Step August 24, 1974 March 19, 1973
22nd 9 Boney and the gray cloud Boney Walks With Death January 25, 1975 March 26, 1973
23 10 Boney and the tree burial Boney And The Burial Tree December 28, 1974 2nd April 1973
24 11 Boney and the silent sisters Boney And The Silent Order February 8, 1975 April 9, 1973
25th 12 Boney and the Scottish Feud Boney And The Black Clansman March 8, 1975 April 11, 1973
26th 13 Boney and the Emu Man Boney And The Emu Man November 2nd 1974 April 30, 1973

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Broadcast dates at fernsehserien.de, accessed on February 23, 2015.
  2. ↑ John Shearlaw, David Brown: Boney M. Hamlin Paperbacks, Feltham 1979, ISBN 0-600-20009-4 , pp. 35-6.