''Boys From The Bush'' is a British

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series produced by the BBC. It was created and written by Douglas Livingstone. Two series of ten episodes each were made between 1991 and 1992. Although never achieving mainstream success, the series has since gathered a dedicated

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following.

Plot

The series dealt with the life of Reg Toomer ( Tim Healy), a British man living in

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and running Melbourne Confidential, a failing private detective agency with his shifty business partner Dennis Tontine (

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). His estranged young cousin Leslie ( Mark Haddigan) arrives in

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from the United Kingdom after a painful divorce looking for fun and excitement in the new world, instead he finds himself used as a drone for Melbourne Confidential. Each episode focused on a particular job undertaken by Melbourne Confidential, each one more elaborate and of more dubious legality than the last. The course of the main plot would often converge with subplots involving Reg's lovelorn wife Doris ( Pat Thomson), assertive daughter Arlene (

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), Dennis' ex-wife Corrie ( Kirsty Child) and kindly madam Delilah (

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* * 1991 British television series debuts 1992 British television series endings 1990s British drama television series BBC television dramas English-language television shows {{BBC-tv-prog-stub