TV series

Bony

1992 · 1 season

A gentle, old-fashioned outback detective show that ambles through cases with easy charm and a touch of cultural friction.

Overview: 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 (Cameron Daddo) as the title character Detective David John Bonaparte, under the tutelage of "Uncle Albert", an elderly Aborigine (Burnham Burnham). Bony was supposed to be a descendent of the Bony character created by Arthur Upfield in dozens of novels from the late 1920s until his death in 1964.
How it feels: Earnest, warm, melancholic and tense. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Identity, crime, justice, race
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
crime
justice
race
mystery
Places: countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild