List of Underbelly episodes

Underbelly is an Australian television true crime-drama series which first aired on the Nine Network on 13 February 2008 and last aired 1 September 2013. Each series was based on real-life events. There have been six series in total.

Series overview

Series	Subtitle	Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
1	Underbelly	13		13 February 2008 (2008-02-13)	7 May 2008 (2008-05-07)
2	A Tale of Two Cities	13		9 February 2009 (2009-02-09)	4 May 2009 (2009-05-04)
3	The Golden Mile	13		11 April 2010 (2010-04-11)	27 June 2010 (2010-06-27)
4	Razor	13		21 August 2011 (2011-08-21)	6 November 2011 (2011-11-06)
5	Badness	8		13 August 2012 (2012-08-13)	1 October 2012 (2012-10-01)
6	Squizzy	8		28 July 2013 (2013-07-28)	1 September 2013 (2013-09-01)
7	Vanishing Act	2		3 April 2022 (2022-04-03)	4 April 2022 (2022-04-04)

Episodes

Series 1: Underbelly (2008)

Main article: Underbelly (series 1)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"The Black Prince"	Tony Tilse	Peter Gawler	13 February 2008 (2008-02-13)
2	2	"Sorcerer's Apprentice"	Tony Tilse	Peter Gawler	13 February 2008 (2008-02-13)
3	3	"I Still Pray"	Geoff Bennett	Felicity Packard	20 February 2008 (2008-02-20)
4	4	"Cocksure"	Geoff Bennett	Greg Haddrick	27 February 2008 (2008-02-27)
5	5	"The Good, the Bad, the Ugly"	Peter Andrikidis	Peter Gawler	5 March 2008 (2008-03-05)
6	6	"Luv U 4 Eva"	Peter Andrikidis	Greg Haddrick	12 March 2008 (2008-03-12)
7	7	"Wise Monkeys"	Peter Andrikidis	Felicity Packard	19 March 2008 (2008-03-19)
8	8	"Earning a Crust"	Peter Andrikidis	Peter Gawler	26 March 2008 (2008-03-26)
9	9	"Suffer the Children"	Grant Brown	Felicity Packard	2 April 2008 (2008-04-02)
10	10	"Scratched"	Grant Brown	Greg Haddrick	16 April 2008 (2008-04-16)
11	11	"Barbarians at the Gate"	Tony Tilse	Peter Gawler	23 April 2008 (2008-04-23)
12	12	"Best Laid Plans"	Tony Tilse	Felicity Packard	30 April 2008 (2008-04-30)
13	13	"Team Purana"	Tony Tilse	Peter Gawler	7 May 2008 (2008-05-07)

Series 2: A Tale of Two Cities (2009)

Main article: Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
14	1	"Aussie Bob & Kiwi Terry"	Ken Cameron	Peter Gawler	9 February 2009 (2009-02-09)
15	2	"Bad Habits"	Ken Cameron	Peter Gawler	9 February 2009 (2009-02-09)
16	3	"Brave New World"	Shawn Seet	Felicity Packard	16 February 2009 (2009-02-16)
17	4	"Business as Usual"	Shawn Seet	Felicity Packard	23 February 2009 (2009-02-23)
18	5	"A Tale of Two Hitmen"	Tony Tilse	Kris Mrksa	2 March 2009 (2009-03-02)
19	6	"Stranded"	Tony Tilse	Kris Mrksa	9 March 2009 (2009-03-09)
20	7	"A Nice Little Earner"	Tony Tilse	Kris Mrksa	16 March 2009 (2009-03-16)
21	8	"Diamonds"	Shawn Seet	Greg Haddrick	23 March 2009 (2009-03-23)
22	9	"Judas Kiss"	Shawn Seet	Felicity Packard	30 March 2009 (2009-03-30)
23	10	"The Reckoning"	Grant Brown	Felicity Packard	20 April 2009 (2009-04-20)
24	11	"The Brotherhood"	Grant Brown	Kris Mrksa	20 April 2009 (2009-04-20)
25	12	"O Lucky Man"	Tony Tilse	Peter Gawler	27 April 2009 (2009-04-27)
26	13	"The Loved Ones"	Tony Tilse	Peter Gawler	4 May 2009 (2009-05-04)

Series 3: The Golden Mile (2010)

Main article: Underbelly: The Golden Mile

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
27	1	"Into the Mystic"	Tony Tilse	Felicity Packard	11 April 2010 (2010-04-11)
28	2	"The Crucible"	Tony Tilse	Felicity Packard	11 April 2010 (2010-04-11)
29	3	"Kingdom Come"	Tony Tilse	Greg Haddrick	18 April 2010 (2010-04-18)
30	4	"Fall Guy"	Tony Tilse	Kris Mrksa	25 April 2010 (2010-04-25)
31	5	"Saving Face"	Shawn Seet	Kris Mrksa	9 May 2010 (2010-05-09)
32	6	"Women in Uniform"	Shawn Seet	Peter Gawler	9 May 2010 (2010-05-09)
33	7	"Full Force Gale"	Shawn Seet	Peter Gawler	16 May 2010 (2010-05-16)
34	8	"Crossroads"	Shawn Seet	Felicity Packard	23 May 2010 (2010-05-23)
35	9	"Dog Eat Dog"	Shawn Seet	Kris Mrksa	30 May 2010 (2010-05-30)
36	10	"Hurt on Duty"	Tony Tilse	Kris Mrksa	6 June 2010 (2010-06-06)
37	11	"Beauty and the Beast"	Tony Tilse	Peter Gawler	13 June 2010 (2010-06-13)
38	12	"The Good Lieutenant"	Tony Tilse	Felicity Packard	20 June 2010 (2010-06-20)
39	13	"Alpha and Omega"	Tony Tilse	Greg Haddrick	27 June 2010 (2010-06-27)

Series 4: Razor (2011)

Main article: Underbelly: Razor

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
40	1	"The Worst Woman in Sydney"	Tony Tilse	Peter Gawler	21 August 2011 (2011-08-21)
41	2	"Whips and Scorpions"	Tony Tilse	Peter Gawler	21 August 2011 (2011-08-21)
42	3	"Cat Amongst the Pigeons"	Cherie Nowlan	Felicity Packard	28 August 2011 (2011-08-28)
43	4	"The Damage Done"	Cherie Nowlan	Felicity Packard	4 September 2011 (2011-09-04)
44	5	"The Darlinghurst Outrage"	Shawn Seet	Michaeley O'Brien	11 September 2011 (2011-09-11)
45	6	"Blood Alley"	Shawn Seet	Michaeley O'Brien	18 September 2011 (2011-09-18)
46	7	"Tripe and Brains"	David Caesar	Jeff Truman	25 September 2011 (2011-09-25)
47	8	"A Big Shivoo"	David Caesar	Jeff Truman	2 October 2011 (2011-10-02)
48	9	"The Crash"	Mat King	Michaeley O'Brien	9 October 2011 (2011-10-09)
49	10	"The Sentimental Bloke"	Mat King	Felicity Packard	16 October 2011 (2011-10-16)
50	11	"Jerusalem Revisited"	Shawn Seet	Jeff Truman	23 October 2011 (2011-10-23)
51	12	"Big Moves"	David Caesar	Michaeley O'Brien	30 October 2011 (2011-10-30)
52	13	"Armageddon"	Shawn Sheet	Felicity Packard	6 November 2011 (2011-11-06)

Series 5: Badness (2012)

Main article: Underbelly: Badness

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	Aus. viewers (millions)
53	1	"Thy Will Be Done"	Tony Tilse	Felicty Packard	13 August 2012 (2012-08-13)	210752-1	1.78^[1]
54	2	"Cut Snake and Crazy"	Tony Tilse	Felicity Packard	20 August 2012 (2012-08-20)	210752-2	1.23^[2]
55	3	"The Loaded Dog"	David Caesar	Peter Gawler	27 August 2012 (2012-08-27)	210752-3	1.04^[3]
56	4	"Year of the Rooster"	David Caesar	Peter Gawler	3 September 2012 (2012-09-03)	210752-4	0.99^[4]
57	5	"Troubleshooting"	Ian Watson	Niki Aken	10 September 2012 (2012-09-10)	210752-5	1.03^[5]
58	6	"Road to Nowhere"	Ian Watson	Jeff Truman	17 September 2012 (2012-09-17)	210752-6	1.01^[6]
59	7	"Bang, Bang, Kill, Kill"	Tony Tilse	Jeff Truman	17 September 2012 (2012-09-17)^[a]	210752-7	0.48^[7]
60	8	"Strike Force Tuno"	Tony Tilse	Niki Aken	1 October 2012 (2012-10-01)	210752-8	0.86^[8]

Series 6: Squizzy (2013)

Main article: Underbelly: Squizzy

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	Aus. viewers (millions)
61	1	"Squizzy Steps Out"	David Caesar	Felicity Packard	28 July 2013 (2013-07-28)	216837-1	1.68^[9]
62	2	"Squizzy Puts One Over"	David Caesar	Felicity Packard	28 July 2013 (2013-07-28)	216837-2	1.15^[9]
63	3	"Squizzy Takes Charge"	Andrew Prowse	Jeff Truman	4 August 2013 (2013-08-04)	216837-3	0.86^[10]
64	4	"Squizzy Breaks Some Hearts"	Andrew Prowse	Jeff Truman	11 August 2013 (2013-08-11)	216837-4	0.77^[11]
65	5	"Squizzy Tempts Fate"	Karl Zwicky	Andy Muir	18 August 2013 (2013-08-18)	216837-5	0.73^[12]
66	6	"Squizzy Makes the Front Page"	Karl Zwicky	Adam Todd	25 August 2013 (2013-08-25)	216837-6	0.78^[13]
67	7	"Squizzy Loses the Plot"	Shawn Seet	Adam Todd	1 September 2013 (2013-09-01)	216837-7	0.49^[14]
68	8	"Squizzy Cooks a Goose"	Shawn Seet	Paul Gawler	1 September 2013 (2013-09-01)	216837-8	0.38^[14]

Ratings

Underbelly series : AUS viewers per episode (millions)

Season		Episode number
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	1	1.249	1.324	1.273	1.249	1.224	1.233	1.271	1.195	1.219	1.247	1.237	1.344	1.417
	2	2.582	2.397	2.476	2.334	2.233	2.267	2.174	2.069	2.126	1.826	1.803	1.705	2.078
	3	2.237	2.071	1.921	1.500	1.677	1.613	1.645	1.650	1.672	1.598	1.384	1.493	1.800
	4	2.794	2.084	1.760	1.550	1.461	1.408	1.397	1.290	1.282	1.336	1.237	1.296	1.449
	5	1.780	1.230	1.040	0.990	1.030	1.010	0.480	0.860	–
	6	1.680	1.150	0.860	0.770	0.730	0.780	0.490	0.380	–

Source: Audience measurement performed by OzTam^[15]

See also

Telemovies

• Underbelly Files: Tell Them Lucifer was Here
• Underbelly Files: Infiltration
• Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away
• Underbelly Files: Chopper

Spin-offs

• Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud
• Fat Tony & Co.
• Informer 3838

References

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