John Barresi

Underbelly is an Australian television true crime-drama series, each series is a stand alone story based on real-life events.

Steve liked Celia from the moment they met. But following a clash with her boss, Raelene Beagle-Thorpe, Minister for Employment, he finds himself on national television branded as Australia's biggest dole bludger. Now Steve has to prove to Celia, to himself, and to the whole country, that there's more to him than meets the eye. With a little help from his friends, he might just do it.

Biologist Michael Dorn is infected with a virus designed as a cure for HIV, but which turns its victims into vampires. Now a threat to the very organisation for which he worked, Michael is on the run and must decide the fate of the world. His options: destroy all knowledge of the virus, or succumb to the power and delights of this dark and evil way of being.

When a comical mob bag-man rats out the local mob boss, the bagman's cousin must rescue him from both the mob and the cops so he can testify at the grand jury.