History Series / Underbelly

* AdaptedOut: Arthur "Neddy" Smith and Roger Rogerson are conspicuously absent, which is notable given their known association with Christopher Dale Flannery and the fact that each had claimed the other was involved in the murder of Brian Alexander, which is depicted onscreen and plays out according to how it was described in Smith's book (in the form of a OrSoIHeard claim) and in the earlier miniseries ''Series/BlueMurder''.

* AdaptedOut: Arthur "Neddy" Smith and Roger Rogerson are conspicuously absent, which is notable given their known association with Christopher Dale Flannery and the fact that each had claimed the other was involved in the murder of Brian Alexander, which is depicted onscreen and plays out according to how it was depicted in Smith's book and in the earlier miniseries ''Series/BlueMurder''.

''Underbelly'' is an UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}n drama revolving around the UsefulNotes/{{Melbourne}} and UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}} criminal underworld. Each series looks at a distinct historical period and is based upon the novel "Leadbelly: Inside Australia's Underworld", written by John Silvester and Andrew Rule, reporters for the newspaper The Age.

Season 1: With the simple title ''Underbelly'', aired in 2008, and involved the portrayal of the so called "Melbourne Gangland Killings" between 1995 and 2004. It portrayed the downfall of Alphonse Gangitano (Vince Colosimo) and the rise of Jason Moran (Les Hill) and Carl Williams (Gyton Grantley), and the gang war that killed 36 members of the Melbourne underworld.

Season 2: ''Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities'' was set between 1976 and 1987, as ambitious drug dealer Terry Clark (Matthew Newton) teams up with Bob Trimbole (Roy Billing) to traffic in heroin from Asia as well as subplots regarding "The Great Bookie Robbery", Ray Chuck's (Nathan Page) war with the Kane Brothers, the rise and fall of would-be assassin for hire Chris Flannery (Dustin Clare), the attempt on the life of casino kingpin George Freeman (Peter O'Brien), and the increasingly unchecked corruption of the New South Wales police.

Season 3: ''Underbelly: The Golden Mile'', is a direct sequel to ''A Tale of Two Cities'' (set between 1997 and 1986), and details George Freeman grooming his successor, John Ibrahim (Firass Dirani), and Ibrahim's ascension as kingpin of a stretch of land in King's Cross, Sydney, known as "[[TitleDrop The Golden Mile]]". Also, it covers the 1995 Wood Royal Commission, where a young corrupt police detective named Trevor Haken (Dieter Brummer) testifies against his fellow dirty cops after being caught red handed.

Season 5: ''Underbelly: Badness'', was set in TheNoughties and following the career of underworld figure Anthony Perish (Creator/JonathanLaPaglia), and the police Strike Force Tuno which formed to stop him, led by Detective Sergeant Gary Jubelin (Matt Nable).

Season 6: ''Underbelly: Squizzy'' focused on Squizzy Taylor (Jared Daperis) in TheRoaringTwenties. It was set in the same time frame as Razor but was about the criminal scene in Melbourne.

** In ''Razor,'' Kate Leigh may be TheDon of one of the two biggest crime syndicates in Sydney, but when she finds out [[spoiler: that her new son-in-law has a habit of sexually molesting young boys,]] she makes sure he's ''gone.''

* PowerWalk: The first season provides two good examples, with Mark and Jason confronting Carl in ''Cocksure'', then the season finale done by Task Force Purana. All of Task Force Purana.

In April 2022, the two-part miniseries ''Underbelly: Vanishing Act'' tells the story of white-collar criminal Melissa Caddick (Kate Atkinson), who defrauded $20 million dollars from her victims before vanishing in November 2020, until a part of her foot washed up on a Sydney beach, causing her to be declared presumed dead in early 2021.