Boney

Drama series set in outback Australia about aboriginal policeman Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte. Based on the books by Arthur Upfield.

Genre: Crime

Cast:James Laurenson , Kate Fitzpatrick , David Gulpilil , Ken Goodlet , John McCallum , Deryck Barnes , Jack Thompson , Alfred Sandor , Googie Withers , Nick Tate , Jeanie Drynan , Judy Morris , Elli Maclure , Brian Wenzel , Serge Lazareff , Graham Rouse , Lex Mitchell , Bindi Williams

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Boney in Venom House

Thu, Aug 17, 1972

On the track of a murderer, Boney comes to a gloomy old family home, long since cursed by Aboriginals.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Boney and the White Savage

Thu, Oct 26, 1972

After a young rapist escapes from prison and seeks refuge in the rugged mountain area near the scene of the crime, the rape victim tries to keep Boney from finding him.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Boney Meets the Daybreak Killer

Thu, Aug 3, 1972

When local police are unable to solve the murder of two girls in the outback town of Daybreak, Boney decides to investigate undercover in the guise of a horse breaker.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Boney Buys a Coffin

Thu, Aug 31, 1972

An unidentified body is found near a small fishing town, which is linked to the disappearance of a Vietnam serviceman. A stray dog leads Boney to vital clues that help solve a case of murder and drug addiction.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Boney and the Payback Killer

Thu, Sep 7, 1972

An Aboriginal boxer is released from prison after serving a sentence for killing his tribal brother. He maintains he was innocent and sets out to serve Aboriginal justice on the real killer.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Boney and the Reaper

Thu, Aug 10, 1972

A large reaping machine pushes George Loftus' car into the path of a train. Boney has many suspects, and soon uncovers a connection to a murder in Rabul.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Boney and the Claypan Mystery

Thu, Jul 27, 1972

An aircraft is found in Central Australia. Unconscious in the passenger seat is a young woman, with no sign of a pilot or any tracks in the vicinity.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Boney Picks a Widow

Thu, Sep 14, 1972

Two widows have been murdered in Broken Bay, a small coastal town. Boney sets a trap for the killer using human bait - the widow he believes will be the next victim.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Boney and the Black Virgin

Thu, Sep 21, 1972

Investigating the strange death of an escaped convict, Boney discovers the prime suspect has also been murdered. He finds the key to the mystery in a weird love triangle.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Boney and the Monster

Thu, Sep 28, 1972

Aborigines in the heart of the Australian outback plan a ritual killing with Boney as the intended victim when he investigates the mysterious death of a geologist.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Boney Takes a Holiday

Thu, Oct 5, 1972

A veterinary student and a customs agent disappear in the Flinders Ranges. Boney finds himself plunged into a strange case of murder and the illegal export of Merino rams.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ Boney Buys a Woman

Thu, Oct 12, 1972

In the baffling mystery of a murdered white woman and her abducted daughter, Boney seeks clues among a tribe of Aboriginals. To spring his trap on the murderer, he must buy the beautiful Meena from her tribal chief.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Boney and the Black Opal

Thu, Nov 9, 1972

A policeman is found murdered on a road in the rugged MacDonnell Ranges and his black tracker is missing, also believed dead. Boney has an ally in a tribe of Aboriginals bent on revenge.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Boney Tells a Fortune

Mon, Jan 22, 1973

An astrologer predicts his own death, but not at the hands of a murderer. Boney investigates, and soon finds there is more to the case than meets the eye.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Boney and the Paroo Bikeman

Mon, Jan 29, 1973

Boney is suspected of being a trade union organiser and a black leg labour recruiter as he probes a double murder amongst bitter industrial trouble on a sheep station.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Boney and the Strangler

Mon, Feb 5, 1973

Boney investigates the killing of a pregnant girl in a tropical rain forest. He finds half a dozen logical suspects, but no tracks leading to or from the body.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Boney and the Powder Trail

Mon, Feb 12, 1973

Boney tracks down a hired killer who tries to escape across the outback with a young Aboriginal guide and a bag of highly marketable heroin.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Boney and the Albatross

Mon, Feb 19, 1973

Boney investigates the disappearance of a U.S. senator at sea, near a small Australian coastal town. Boney's investigations reveal that the senator was murdered in order to protect the headquarters of an international drug syndicate.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Boney and the Kelly Gang

Mon, Feb 26, 1973

Boney poses as a bank robber with a gang of Irish-Australian armed bandits, and leads them into a trap. The gang wear suits of armour in the tradition of Ned Kelly.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Boney Hunts a Murderess

Mon, Mar 5, 1973

A woman returning to an outback town after a ten year jail term for the murder of her husband becomes an obvious suspect when a man is murdered on her train.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Boney and the Emu Man

Mon, Apr 30, 1973

Three babies are kidnapped in a small country town - then a fourth disappears with it's mother. Boney uncovers a cult based on Aboriginal lore as the townspeople try to start a new tribe to replace those displaced by white men.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Boney and the Devil's Steps

Mon, Mar 19, 1973

A famous show business personality is found murdered at a luxury health farm. Boney checks in as a guest to investigate, and has to unravel a complex case involving a change of leadership in a ruthless international crime syndicate.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Boney Walks with Death

Mon, Mar 26, 1973

Dr. Paul Henderson seems over anxious to protect his fiancée, Gloria Lacey, the daughter of an outback magistrate. Gloria had an affair with a murdered man and has received death threats.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Boney and the Burial Tree

Mon, Apr 2, 1973

A white man is shot and 'buried' aboriginal style in a tree. Nobody on the outback property where the body was found will admit having seen him, although he was watching the homestead from his camp.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Boney and the Silent Order

Mon, Apr 9, 1973

Boney and Alice McGorr make a startling discovery at a nearby convent, a 'silent order' where the nuns are not permitted to speak

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Boney and the Black Clansman

Wed, Apr 11, 1973

While investigating sheep rustling and reprisal killings of stockmen, Boney walks into a full scale clan feud between two Australian outback families who cling stubbornly to the grim traditions of their Scottish ancestors.