Underbelly: Squizzy
| Underbelly: Squizzy | |
|---|---|
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Lead actor Jared Daperis as Squizzy Taylor | |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Nine Network |
| Original release | 28 July – 2 September 2013 |
Underbelly: Squizzy, the sixth series of the Australian Nine Network reality crime drama series anthology Underbelly, originally aired from 28 July 2013 to 2 September 2013. It is an eight-part series based on the life and career of notorious Melbourne gangster, Squizzy Taylor, and is set between 1915 and 1927. It premiered on 28 July 2013. The series began its production in late 2012, with filming commencing towards the end of 2012. It is the second series in the franchise after Badness not to have 13 episodes and the first series to be fully set in Melbourne since Underbelly.
Premise
The sixth and final series of Underbelly depicts the rise and fall of one of Australia's most notorious 20th-century gangsters, Squizzy Taylor. It shows how Taylor became one of the most feared criminals in Melbourne at the time and his eventual death, which was also depicted in Underbelly: Razor. Justin Rosniak, who played Taylor in Razor, does not reprise his role in the new series; instead Jared Daperis has taken on the role.
Cast
Main cast
- Jared Daperis as Joseph Theodore Leslie "Squizzy" Taylor
- Camille Keenan as Dolly Grey
- Susie Porter as Rosie Taylor
- Ashley Zukerman as Detective James Bruce
- Luke Ford as Albert "Tankbuster" McDonald
- Dan Wyllie as Detective Frederick Piggott
- Ken Radley as Detective John Brophy
- Nathan Page as Henry Stokes
- Diana Glenn as Annie Stokes
- Matt Boesenberg as John "Snowy" Cutmore
- Gracie Gilbert as Ida Pender
- Andrew Ryan as Angus "Gus" Murray
- Richard Cawthorne as "Long Harry" Slater
- Ian Dixon as Ted Whiting
- Sam Greco as Sam "Bunny" Whiting
- Elise Jansen as Lorna Kelly
- Greg Fleet as Richard Buckley
- Jackson Ezard as Hugh Hanlon
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | Aus. viewers (millions) |
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| 61 | 1 | "Squizzy Steps Out" | David Caesar | Felicity Packard | 28 July 2013 | 216837-1 | 1.68[1] |
| 62 | 2 | "Squizzy Puts One Over" | David Caesar | Felicity Packard | 28 July 2013 | 216837-2 | 1.15[1] |
| 63 | 3 | "Squizzy Takes Charge" | Andrew Prowse | Jeff Truman | 4 August 2013 | 216837-3 | 0.86[2] |
| Squizzy plots his rise to the top of Melbourne's underworld by triggering a gang war between Henry Stokes and "Long Harry" Slater. Dolly becomes heartbroken when Squizzy falls in love with a starstruck waitress. Snowy Cutmore betrays Squizzy after figuring out that Squizzy had him shot at by a disfigured Aussie digger. | |||||||
| 64 | 4 | "Squizzy Breaks Some Hearts" | Andrew Prowse | Jeff Truman | 11 August 2013 | 216837-4 | 0.77[3] |
| 65 | 5 | "Squizzy Tempts Fate" | Karl Zwicky | Andy Muir | 18 August 2013 | 216837-5 | 0.73[4] |
| 66 | 6 | "Squizzy Makes the Front Page" | Karl Zwicky | Adam Todd | 25 August 2013 | 216837-6 | 0.78[5] |
| Detective Bruce befriends pregnant Lorna and tries to convince her to turn her husband in. She may be devastated by Squizzy's disappearance and the fact he's taken a lover, but she won't tell. Ida's loyalty reconfirmed, the police's case in disarray and with a film to be made, Squizzy decides to turn himself in, convinced he can beat any court case. Squizzy arrives at police headquarters, on his own terms, with a contingent of press to witness the event. And as he predicts he is immediately bailed, But he discovers there's a price to fame when a former admirer turned stalker guns him down in the street. Squizzy survives but the film is cancelled, the government censor bans it in the public interest for its unsavoury association with Squizzy. | |||||||
| 67 | 7 | "Squizzy Loses the Plot" | Shawn Seet | Adam Todd | 1 September 2013 | 216837-7 | 0.49[6] |
| The old gang is reunited when Squizzy and Tank break Angus out of jail. But Angus finds himself facing the hangman's noose after a botched bank robbery. | |||||||
| 68 | 8 | "Squizzy Cooks a Goose" | Shawn Seet | Paul Gawler | 1 September 2013 | 216837-8 | 0.38[6] |
| After a brutal six months jailtime for harbouring Angus, Squizzy's attempts to go straight comes short when Long Harry Slater returns to Melbourne and offers him work in the cocaine business. But Snowy Cutmore also returns to Melbourne which leads to a fatal confrontation between the former friends. | |||||||
Novelisation
Andy Muir, one of the screenwriters of the series, wrote the novelisation Underbelly Squizzy which was due to be published by Allen&Unwin Australia in July 2013.
References
- 1 2 Knox, David (29 July 2013). "Sunday 28 July 2013". TV Tonight. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ↑ Knox, David (5 August 2013). "Sunday 4 August 2013". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ↑ Knox, David (12 August 2013). "Sunday 11 August 2013". TV Tonight. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ↑ Knox, David (19 August 2013). "Sunday 18 August 2013". TV Tonight. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ↑ Knox, David (26 August 2013). "Sunday 25 August 2013". TV Tonight. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
- 1 2 Knox, David (2 September 2013). "Sunday 1 September 2013". TV Tonight. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
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