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It is a thirteen part series loosely based on real events that stemmed from the marijuana trade centred on the New South Wales town of Griffith. The timeline of the series is the years between 1. Underbelly A Tale of Two Cities primarily depicts the Mr. Asia drug syndicate and its influence on crime in Australia. Among the characters presented are real life criminals Robert Trimbole, Terry Clark, George Freeman, Christopher Dale Flannery, Alphonse Gangitano and the Kane Brothers. The mini series is a prequel to the 2. Underbelly, which was about the Melbourne gangland killings and forms part of the Underbelly series. The series premiered on the Nine Network on 9 February at 8. The show has consistently rated highly, being the most watched show on Australian television for all episodes broadcast so far. In New Zealand, the series began broadcast on 4 March where it has been advertised as Underbelly The Mr Asia Story. This name stems from the common misidentification of protagonist Terry Clark as Mr Asia within New Zealand. Mr Asia was in fact the name assigned to Marty Johnstone by Auckland reporter Pat Booth in his series of investigative newspaper articles into the Mr Asia drug syndicate. Johnstone was both Clarks business partner and victim. Underbelly A Tale of Two Cities is the second in the series of five to date. It was followed by a third series, Underbelly The Golden Mile. SynopsiseditThe series is a broadly fictional account of the Australian criminal underworld, loosely based on events in New South Wales and Victoria between 1. The story revolves around the organised crime groups that stemmed from the Griffith based marijuana trade, led by Aussie Bob Trimbole Roy Billing and Kiwi Terry Clark Matthew Newton. New Zealand drug trafficker Clark arrives in Sydney with plans to establish a heroin racket. He meets with marijuana grower Trimbole but is at first rebuffed and bashed by crime figure George Freeman Peter OBrien. Soon however, he convinces Trimbole he is genuine and the two establish a partnership. The activities of local politician Donald Mackay Andrew Mc. Farlane put their plans in jeopardy and when attempts to extort and blackmail him fail, Trimbole decides to have him killed without informing anyone. Advanced Call Manager For Blackberry Cracked. Trimbole and his right hand man, Gianfranco Frank Tizzoni Tony Poli, visit Melbourne to organise the hit. Detective Liz Cruickshank Asher Keddie is tipped off about the murder plot but her boss Joe Messina Peter Phelps discredits the informant, Les Kane Martin Dingle Wall, as unreliable. When Mackay is murdered by James Frederick Bazley Scott Burgess, the efforts of detective Warwick Mobbs Matt Passmore to investigate are stymied by high level police corruption that leads to him being posted to rural NSW. Clark has soon established the Mr Asia syndicate in Sydney. Allison Dine Anna Hutchison arrives in Australia with her boyfriend but soon becomes Clarks lover and major accomplice as she devises a new method of passing the drugs through Customs. Meanwhile, Trimbole helps Melbourne armed robber Ray Chuck Bennett Nathan Page organise a major heist in defiance of local stand over men Les and Brian Kane Tim Mc. Cunn, who demand a cut of any loot. After Bennett cuts reckless bully Chris Flannery Dustin Clare from his team, Flannery informs the Kanes, touching off a turf war. When two of Bennetts crew steal some of Trimboles money from the Kanes, the violence escalates until Les Kane is machine gunned to death in front of his family. The brutal murder ends up isolating Bennett, who is now wanted dead by a coalition including Brian Kane, Chris Flannery and Alphonse Gangitano Elan Zavelsky. After his arrest for other crimes he decides to remain in prison, where he benefits from the protection of Mark Chopper Read Renato Fabretti, to prevent his enemies outside from reaching him. He stands trial for Les murder but is acquitted however, while being led into court on another matter, a disguised Brian Kane shoots him dead in the middle of the court with the assistance of corrupt policemen. Clark, his middleman in Singapore Andy Maher Damon Gameau, and fellow Kiwi couriers Doug and Isabelle Wilson Gareth Reeves and Simone Kessell travel to Queensland. After throwing a wild party in a hotel room, Clark is arrested on a gun charge and extradited back to New Zealand. Doug Wilson cracks under police questioning and reveals the location where Pommy Lewis Sam Anderson was buried, after his murder by Terry Clark. Clarks lawyer Karen Soich Katie Wall becomes his new lover after he is acquitted. Clark obtains a tape of Dougs interview with Queensland Police and asks Trimbole and Tizzoni to kill them, and Tizzoni again hires Bazley for the job. Clark goes to England to expand his business. Bazley completes the Wilson hit but the bodies are found almost immediately, finally causing the Victorian and Federal police to form a join taskforce led by David Priest Jonny Pasvolsky, and including Mobbs, Cruickshank, Messina and a Sydney CIB detective Trevor Hakens Dieter Brummer with links to Dennis Kellys Paul Tassone bent NSW cops. Kellys corrupt detectives attempt to take control of the drug trade, while working to deceive the interstate police by closing down George Freemans casinos. Allison questions her role in the syndicate after being threatened by corrupt narcotics agent Jack Smith Samuel Johnson, who ultimately plants drugs on her in order to arrest her. Freeman begins to aggressively push into other avenues of crime, and is subsequently shot in the head by an intruder outside his home, which he survives. Now in exile in Britain, Clark becomes paranoid upon learning of Allisons arrest, and after a meeting with Trimbole, convinces him to have Allison murdered. Reluctantly, Trimbole hires Chris Flannery, but when Smith arrests her on a trumped up possession charge, he calls off the hit. When Clark himself also changes his mind and orders the hit called off, Trimbole helps Allison flee to America. Meanwhile, Freeman recovers from his wound while his friend, stand over man Lenny Mc. Pherson John Mc. Neill, murders his would be killer. Back in Britain, Clark and Maher meet with Mr. Asia aka Marty Johnstone Merrick Watts, their supplier in Singapore. After Johnnstone offers various excuses about the poor quality of recent heroin shipments, Clark decides that he can no longer be trusted, and instructs Andy Maher to execute him. Days later, British police find Johnstones body and arrest Clark. Allison Dine is apprehended by the FBI and returned to Australia to turn star witness against her former lover. Trimbole learns of a massive shipment of Lebanesecannabis from his friend Dr Nick Paltos Wadih Dona and makes plans to import it. In the meantime, legal secretary and mob lawyer Brian Alexander Damian de Montemas comes under intense police scrutiny as the weakest link in the syndicate. Allison implicates the entire syndicate and provides evidence linking Trimbole to the Mr. Asia syndicate. The prime minister announces a Royal Commission and disbands the Federal Narcotics Bureau the move ultimately results in Jack Smith and nearly 1. Narcotics agents being demoted to customs agent status.