# Bellamy (TV series)

Bellamy was an Australian television crime series broadcast on Network Ten and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation airing from mid-to-late 1981.

## Synopsis

The series focused on a maverick cop named Steve Bellamy (John Stanton). His partner was Detective Mitchell (Tim Elston). Recurring characters in the series were the disapproving Daley (James Condon) who appeared in 21 episodes, the forensics technician Clem (Brian Young) who was in 15 of the episodes. Adam Garnett as Ginger, a street-wise child who befriended Bellamy, appeared in six early episodes but was phased-out of the series. Later in the run Tom Richards appeared as Detective Burns over five episodes. In the story Burns was ultimately revealed to be corrupt.
The series was noticeably more violent than previous Australian police series such as those made by Crawford Productions during the 1970s.
Bellamy attracted only mediocre ratings and was shifted around the schedules several times. The series was not renewed beyond the initial series of 26 one-hour episodes.
Despite not being the success that Grundy’s and Network Ten hoped it would be, the TV series was replayed twice in syndication on the very network that originally screened it, the first of the reruns on Network 10 was during various late night time-slots on Mondays weekly during 1986 and then during the summer of 1989-1990 at 5am Saturday mornings weekly. Channel Ten have not replayed the series since.
During the last few years the TV series Bellamy had a select number of episodes to view on YouTube though in the last year or so the series is currently not available on any TV channel or streaming platform.

## Cast
### Main / recurring

* John Stanton as Steve Bellamy
* Tim Elston as Detective Mitchell
* James Condon as Daley (21 episodes)
* Brian Young as Clem (15 episodes)
* Adam Garnett as Ginger (6 episodes)
* Tom Richards as Detective Burns (5 episodes)

### Guests

| Actor | Role | Eps. |
| Alyson Best | Fiona | 1 |
| Anna Hruby | Beth | 1 |
| Anne Tenney | Eileen | 1 |
| Antoinette Byron | Valerie | 1 |
| Arna-Maria Winchester | Gwen | 1 |
| Belinda Giblin | Julie | 1 |
| Bob Baines | Paul | 1 |
| Brian Moll | Wilkes | 1 |
| Briony Behets | Sharon | 1 |
| Cornelia Frances | Aretha | 1 |
| Craig Pearce | Jimmie | 1 |
| Deborah Gray | Delilah | 1 |
| Deborah Kennedy | | 1 |
| Debra Lawrance | Lisa | 1 |
| Denise Roberts | Bev | 1 |
| Diane Craig | Connie | 1 |
| Don Barker | Baker | 1 |
| Don Crosby | Landlord | 1 |
| Frank Gallacher | Flanagan | 1 |
| George Whaley | Lampani | 1 |
| Gerard Kennedy | Blake | 1 |
| Harold Hopkins | O'Grady | 1 |
| Ivar Kants | Ogden | 1 |
| Jacqui Gordon | Carol | 1 |
| Jill Forster | Mrs Baker | 1 |
| Joanna Lockwood | Toni Payne | 1 |
| John Ewart | Sid Coleman | 1 |
| John Frawley | Jack | 1 |
| John Howard | Priest | 1 |
| Jon English | Reno | 1 |
| Ken James | Rego | 1 |
| Les Dayman | Peter Bellamy | 1 |
| Lisa Crittenden | Terri | 1 |
| Lulu Pinkus | Maureen | 1 |
| Lyn Collingwood | Mrs Marks | 1 |
| Martin Vaughan | Hill | 1 |
| Max Phipps | Evans | 1 |
| Michael Carman | Rossi | 1 |
| Michael Long | Carver | 1 |
| Ned Manning | Sims | 1 |
| Penne Hackforth-Jones | Inez | 1 |
| Penny Cook | | 1 |
| Peta Toppano | Meredith | 1 |
| Peter Adams | Donald | 1 |
| Richard Moir | Carter | 1 |
| Robert Coleby | Peter Kelso | 1 |
| Roger Ward | Rafe | 1 |
| Ron Graham | Trotter | 1 |
| Ronald Falk | Evans | 1 |
| Sarah Lambert | Cassie | 1 |
| Serge Lazareff | Blake | 1 |
| Sigrid Thornton | Fiona | 1 |
| Slim De Grey | Sam | 1 |
| Wayne Jarratt | David Dale | 1 |
| Wendy Playfair | Milly | 1 |