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8 Episodes
S1 E1 - Boy Smells Rat
S1 E2 - Boy Gets Chop
S1 E3 - Run Boy Run
S1 E4 - Boy Loses Dad
S1 E5 - Boy Takes Flight
S1 E6 - Boy Seeks Work
S1 E7 - Boy Meets End
S1 E8 - Season 1
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Synopsis
Eli Bell struggles to survive in 1980s Brisbane
Eli Bell, a young working-class boy living in 1980s Brisbane has an extremely difficult homelife. His whole life changes when he picks up a call on a red telephone.
What to know
Travel Fimmel, Simon Baker and Phoebe Tonkin star in Netflix’s Boy Swallows Universe series
Boy Swallows Universe is a Netflix limited series created by John Collee. The show is adapted from Trent Dalton’s bestselling novel of the same name. The series is set in 1980s Brisbane, and consists of eight episodes. Joel Edgerton is an executive producer on the series, along with Troy Lum, Andrew Mason and Sophie Gardiner.
Simon Baker and Phoebe Tonkin star as Robert and Frances Bell in the Netflix adaptation, alongside co-star Travel Fimmel who plays Lyle Orlik. Felix Cameron and Zac Burgess play Eli Bell, with Bryan Brown as Slim Halliday and Anthony LaPaglia as Tytus Broz. Sophie Wilde plays Caitlyn Spies, with Christopher James Baker as Ivan Kroll and Deborah Mailman as Poppy Birkbeck.
Production News
- 22 May 2019
- Anonymous Content, Chapter One, Hopscotch and Joel Edgerton win the rights to adapt Australian novel ‘Boy Swallows Universe’ into a TV drama. (Source: Deadline)
- 3 March 2022
- An eight-part screen adaptation of Trent Dalton’s novel ‘Boy Swallows Universe’ is confirmed at Netflix. (Source: Netflix)
- 20 July 2022
- Boy Swallows Universe is confirmed to shoot in Brisbane, starting in August 2022. (Source: Variety)
- 31 August 2022
- Travis Fimmel, Simon Baker and Phoebe Tonkin are confirmed to star in the television adaptation of ‘Boy Swallows Universe’. (Source: Deadline)
- 1 November 2023
- Netflix releases a teaser trailer for ‘Boy Swallows Universe’. (Source: ScreenHub Australia)
- 27 November 2023
- The official trailer of 'Boy Swallows Universe' is released, with Travis Fimmel starring in the Netflix adaptation. (Source: Netflix)
- 11 January 2024
- 'Boy Swallows Universe' premieres in Australia on Netflix.
