Underbelly Limousine

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Silver Service Limousines’ beautiful 8 passenger Black Ford Ltd stretch limo, one of the many stretch limousines on our website www.silverservicelimos.com.au , was featured in Episode 9 of UnderBelly, which caused national interest when it began screening on 13 February 2008 on the Nine Network in all states and territories except Victoria, due to a court injunction. The series depicts the key players in Melbourne's criminal underworld, including the Moran family and their rival, Carl Williams. It was filmed primarily in Melbourne, at locations around the city where the real-life events occurred.

Underbelly stars some of Australia’s top actors including Les Hill, Gyton Grantley, Kat Stewart, Damian Walshe-Howling, Rodger Corser, Caroline Craig, Vince Colosimo and Martin Sacks

Underbelly, ‘which no one in Melbourne has seen’, is a 13-part Australian television mini-series series, based on the real events of the 1995–2004 gangland war in Melbourne as depicted in the book Leadbelly: Inside Australia's Underworld, by Age journalists John Silvester and Andrew Rule. The lead-up to Underbelly involved a heavy marketing campaign which covered radio, print, billboards and an increased online presence, including the use of social networking tools. At a reported cost of $500,000, both this marketing investment and potentially millions of dollars in advertising revenue were claimed to be put at risk by the Victorian Supreme Court's injunction, as the series was expected to attract 800,000 to 1 million viewers in Victoria alone. The injunction was put in place to ensure that upcoming criminal trials were not unfair to the accuseds, because the series contained fictionalised re-enactments of several disputed events. Underbelly was a critical and ratings success when ultimately aired, being described as "Australia's best ever crime drama". The opening double episodes, which aired on 13 February, attracted an average of 1,320,000 viewers nationally, minus Victoria.

Every episode of the 13-part series was soon made available for download on a range of sites, with the Nine Network saying it was considering legal action. The legal DVD of Underbelly was released on May 8, 2008, a day after the final episode was aired on TV. Due to the legal suppression, the release was not able to be distributed through any retail or rental outlets in Victoria or on the internet. The Nine Network has also approved a second series of Underbelly, and though details remain unclear, it is believed to be a prequel.

In Episode 9, Suffer The Children, (screened April 09, 2008) Silver Service Limos’ Black Ford Ltd limousine is featured. In this episode, Jason Moran returns from self-imposed exile, determined to destroy his rival Carl Williams. Whilst Death stalks a children's football match, the taskforce Purana finally gets the resources it needs to defeat the criminals. With Benji under constant police surveillance, Carl is forced to find a new accomplice. Carl and Roberta continue to try to live a normal life by celebrating their daughter's christening with a lavish party. Suffer The Children was rated 6th highest in the Underbelly series with 1.219 million viewers.

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