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Bellamy (TV series)

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Bellamy
GenreCrime
Created byRon McLean
StarringJames Condon
Brian Young
John Stanton
Tim Elston
Tom Richards
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Running time60 minutes
Production companyReg Grundy Organisation
Original release
NetworkTen
Release26 June (1981-06-26) –
18 December 1981 (1981-12-18)

Bellamy was an Australian television crime series broadcast on Network Ten and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation airing from mid-to-late 1981.[1][2]

Synopsis

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The series focused on a maverick cop named Steve Bellamy (John Stanton). His partner was Detective Mitchell (Tim Elston). Recurring characters in the series were the disapproving Daley (James Condon) who appeared in 21 episodes, the forensics technician Clem (Brian Young) who was in 15 of the episodes. Adam Garnett as Ginger, a street-wise child who befriended Bellamy, appeared in six early episodes but was phased-out of the series. Later in the run Tom Richards appeared as Detective Burns over five episodes. In the story Burns was ultimately revealed to be corrupt.

The series was noticeably more violent than previous Australian police series such as those made by Crawford Productions during the 1970s.

Bellamy attracted only mediocre ratings and was shifted around the schedules several times. The series was not renewed beyond the initial series of 26 one-hour episodes.

Despite not being the success that Grundy’s and Network Ten hoped it would be, the TV series was replayed twice in syndication on the very network that originally screened it, the first of the reruns on Network 10 was during various late night time-slots on Mondays weekly during 1986 and then during the summer of 1989-1990 at 5am Saturday mornings weekly. Channel Ten have not replayed the series since.

During the last few years the TV series Bellamy had a select number of episodes to view on YouTube though in the last year or so the series is currently not available on any TV channel or streaming platform.

Cast

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Main / recurring

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Guests

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Actor Role Eps.
Alyson Best Fiona 1
Anna Hruby Beth 1
Anne Tenney Eileen 1
Antoinette Byron Valerie 1
Arna-Maria Winchester Gwen 1
Belinda Giblin Julie 1
Brian Moll Wilkes 1
Briony Behets Sharon 1
Cornelia Frances Aretha 1
Deborah Gray Delilah 1
Deborah Kennedy 1
Debra Lawrance Lisa 1
Denise Roberts Bev 1
Diane Craig Connie 1
Don Barker Baker 1
Don Crosby Landlord 1
Frank Gallacher Flanagan 1
George Whaley Lampani 1
Gerard Kennedy Blake 1
Harold Hopkins O'Grady 1
Ivar Kants Ogden 1
Jacqui Gordon Carol 1
Jill Forster Mrs Baker 1
John Ewart Sid Coleman 1
John Frawley Jack 1
John Howard Priest 1
Jon English Reno 1
Ken James Rego 1
Les Dayman Peter Bellamy 1
Lisa Crittenden Terri 1
Lulu Pinkus Maureen 1
Lyn Collingwood Mrs Marks 1
Martin Vaughan Hill 1
Max Phipps Evans 1
Michael Carman Rossi 1
Penne Hackforth-Jones Inez 1
Penny Cook 1
Peta Toppano Meredith 1
Peter Adams Donald 1
Richard Moir Carter 1
Robert Coleby Peter Kelso 1
Roger Ward Rafe 1
Ron Graham Trotter 1
Ronald Falk Evans 1
Sarah Lambert Cassie 1
Serge Lazareff Blake 1
Sigrid Thornton Fiona 1
Slim De Grey Sam 1
Wayne Jarratt David Dale 1
Wendy Playfair Milly 1

References

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  1. ^ Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 76
  2. ^ Vagg, Stephen (5 December 2021). "Forgotten Australian TV Writers: Ron McLean". Filmink.
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