Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud

2011 - 2011

Disorganised Crime

17th August 2011

Episode 1

Marty Johnstone's criminal career gets a boost when he makes contact with a supplier of Thai cannabis sticks. With his new business associates, Terry Smith and Big Ari, he builds a drug empire. Detectives Charlton & Derwent help with Marty's arrest.

Trains 'N' Boats 'N' Planes

24th August 2011

Episode 2

Marty tries his luck in the tough London criminal scene, setting up the smuggling of 75,000 LSD tabs. The Syndicate becomes more organised as Detectives Charlton & Derwent are assigned to the Special Investigations Unit.

All at Sea

31st August 2011

Episode 3

Andy and Marty arrange their first big blue-water shipment out of Thailand. The SIU has major setbacks with building a case against the Syndicate and Josh Easby, a reporter at the Auckland Star, realizes he may be onto something big.

Marty/Party

7th September 2011

Episode 4

Marty is living the high life, but his addictions to drugs mean that mistakes are being made. Terry Clark begins plotting to cut Marty out of the New Zealand drug market. Ben and Carole are frustrated by the powers-that-be, and the drug war gets personal.

Dominoes

14th September 2011

Episode 5

Marty desperately tries to clean himself up to get back on top. The Auckland Star investigation continues and it puts pressure on both the police and Marty. Terry has Pommy Harry killed, as the tensions between himself & Marty reach boiling point

Thirty of Silver/One of Gold

21st September 2011

Episode 6

Andy reluctantly starts the preparations to kill Marty, who is trying to set up one more deal. Andy lures Marty to Scotland and kills him, bringing the police case to an abrupt end.

Top Cast

Dan Musgrove•Thijs Morris•Jamie Irvine

Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud is a six-part New Zealand television mini-series. The series originally aired from 17 August 2011 to 21 September 2011. It was the first Underbelly series to be created outside of Australia, and depicts events prior to and concurrent with Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities.

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Dan Musgrove Image

Dan Musgrove

Marty Johnstone

Thijs Morris

Andy Maher

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Jamie Irvine

Detective Ben Charlton

Holly Shanahan Image

Holly Shanahan

Detective Carole Derwent

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