Nine starts work on first Underbelly telemovie

Channel Nine has begun production on its Underbelly telemovies.    The annoucement:

In a boost for Australian drama, the Nine Network announced production has commenced on the first ofthree new telemovies today. The telemovies, known as the Underbelly Files, will focus on three compelling, true-life stories that lay bare human behaviour at its best and worst.

Production began today on the first telemovie, Tell Them Lucifer Was Here. Starring Brett Climo, Greg Stone, Paul O’Brien, Todd Lasance, Jane Allsop and Annie Jones, the two-hour telemovie tells the tragic story of the 1998 murders of Victoria Police officers Rod Miller and Gary Silk.

It centres on the enormous efforts of the Lorimer Task Force in tracking down the killers. The two policemen were brutally gunned down in the course of duty by petty criminals Bandali Debs and his young accomplice, Jason Roberts.