''Bony'' is an Australian television series made in 1992. The series of 13 episodes followed on from a telemovie made in 1990. The series was criticised for casting a white man (

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) as the title character Detective David John "Bony" Bonaparte, under the tutelage of "Uncle Albert", an elderly Aborigine played by

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. Bony was supposed to be a descendant of the Bony character created by Arthur Upfield in dozens of novels from the late 1920s until his death in 1964.Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 89

Cast

as Detective David John "Bony" Bonaparte *

as "Uncle Albert" Harris *

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as Detective Sergeant Frank Fisher *

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as Inspector Leo Vincetti * Mandy Bowden as Constable Bev Miles

Pilot

The pilot film to the series aired in 1990. It concerns Bony investigating an attempted rape allegation.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p17

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Pilot

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