A television series ostensibly based on Arthur Upfield's series of detective novels, and stemming from a telemovie aired two years earlier.
After protests from Indigenous groups about the casting of a white actor as a descendant of Detective Napoleon Bonaparte, the production was altered to make the character a white man who had once lived with Indigenous Australians. As such, it bears little real connection to Upfield's novels.
The series was not a success, and was cancelled after the first thirteen episodes.
