7.2 /10 1 Votes
Country of origin Australia No. of series 1 First episode date 23 February 2014 Network Nine Network | 7.2/10 IMDb Original language(s) English No. of episodes 9 (list of episodes) Final episode date 2014 Genres Crime, Drama | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Directed by Peter Andrikidis
Andrew Prowse
Mitchell Sariovski
Karl Zwicky
Shirley Barrett Starring Robert Mammone
Gyton Grantley
Madeleine West
Hollie Andrew
Richard Cawthorne
Shane Jacobson Directors Peter Andrikidis, Andrew Prowse, Karl Zwicky, Shirley Barrett Similar Underbelly, Underbelly: The Golden M, Underbelly: Razor, Underbelly: Squizzy, Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fat Tony & Co. is a nine-episode Australian television series focusing on Tony Mokbel and covers the manhunt which lasted 18 months and dismantled a drug empire. It premiered on 23 February 2014 and concluded on 30 March 2014 on the Nine Network. It is technically a part of the Underbelly franchise, with various actors reprising their role from previous series.
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Conception
Fat Tony & Co. has been marketed as a sequel to the first series of Underbelly, however due to changes in funding with Screen Australia it was not branded as an Underbelly series. Fat Tony and Co actually runs chronologically alongside of Underbelly, with the storyline being told from the point of view of Mokbel. The first few episodes chronicle his rise while the "Melbourne gangland war" is taking place but the later episodes focus on his disappearance and arrest in Greece, and other events that unfolded after the original series of Underbelly concluded.
After a rumour in November 2012, Fat Tony & Co. was officially announced on 3 August 2013. Production for the series began on 5 August 2013.
Fat Tony & Co.' was directed by Peter Andrikidis, Andrew Prowse and Karl Zwicky, with Jo Rooney, Andy Ryan, Peter Gawler and Elisa Argenzio Lambert serving as producers.
While most of Fat Tony & Co. was shot in Melbourne, some sequences were filmed in Athens, Greece.
Casting
Most of the cast from the first series of Underbelly return to play the same characters, although some were unavailable to reprise their signature roles such as Kat Stewart who played Roberta Williams, replaced by Hollie Andrew; Caroline Gillmer who played Judy Moran, replaced by Debra Byrne, and Callan Mulvey who played Mark Moran, replaced by Jake Ryan.
Series ratings
The following table's ratings and are subject to change as more episodes are broadcast.
Episodes
The show has an ISAN assigned root ID of 235400 (0003–9788).
