Underbelly: Land of the Long Green Cloud (TV-3)
Posted by Terry Nicholas on Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Tags: underbelly television
Predominantly based in New Zealand, the story starts when Christopher Martin Johnstone was a small-time criminal in Auckland.
It covers the multimillion-dollar cannabis importation he organised into New Zealand from Thailand on the yacht Brigadoon in 1975 and follows Johnstone's move to Singapore and the birth of the Mr Asia syndicate.
The series ends with Johnstone's murder and mutilation on the order of Clark, his business partner, in England in 1979.
Ms Wrightson said the tale was narrated by a semi-fictional detective constable and written by Kiwi expat John Banas. "He's written a really terrific script."
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Auckland, Nz |