Supreme Court Justice Peter Vickery granted permission for Channel Nine to immediately screen a version of the first five episodes of the hit TV series, which have been edited for Victorian viewers.

The writers of gangland TV drama ‘Underbelly’ have won one of the highest honours from their peers at the Australian Writers’ Guild awards last night. Peter Gawler, Greg Haddrick and Felicity Packard won the award for best television mini series adaptation.