Underbelly

Produced by Screentime Australia for Nine, Underbelly is based on the book Leadbelly: Inside Australia's Underworld Wars by Age journalists John Silvester and Andrew Rule.

The 13-part series explores the gangland wars of Melbourne. After Victorian Police finally intercepted two contract killings in 2004, leading to multiple arrests, the death toll stood at 33, making it one of the bloodiest crime wars in the western world. stars Rodger Corser and Caroline Craig as police officers investigating Melbourne's underworld. Martin Sacks plays Calabrian-born Melbourne lawyer Mario Condello, a central figure in the Melbourne crime scene who was shot dead in his driveway, a day before he was due to stand trial for murder.