Boney — Season 1, Episode 1: Boney and the Claypan Mystery

Episode synopsis

A light aircraft is found in Central Australia. Unconscious in the passenger seat is a young woman, paralysed by drugs, with no sign of a pilot or any tracks in the vicinity. Boney investigates, only to be confronted by a second attempt at killing the girl. Based on the novel 'Wings Above The Diamantina'. Filmed in Central Australia.

About Boney

Boney is an Australian television series produced by Fauna Productions during 1971 and 1972, featuring James Laurenson in the title role of Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte. Two series, each of thirteen episodes were filmed. The series is centred on Bonaparte, a half-Australian Aboriginal character, created by Arthur Upfield, who wrote twenty nine novels about him from 1929 until his death in 1964.

More episodes from Season 1

• E2Boney Meets the Daybreak Killer
• E3Boney and the Reaper
• E4Boney in Venom House
• E5Boney Buys a Coffin
• E6Boney and the Payback Killer
• E7Boney Picks a Widow
• E8Boney and the Black Virgin
• E9Boney Takes a Holiday
• E10Boney Buys a Woman
• E11Boney and the White Savage
• E12Boney and the Monster
• E13Boney and the Black Opal