House of Bond

House of Bond is a dramatised account of the life of Alan Bond, from the 1960s to the 2000s.[4] Part One details Bond’s prominence as a property investor and entrepreneur finishing with his greatest triumph as head of the syndicate that won the 1983 America’s Cup. Part Two sees him expand on a global scale before his hubris saw his empire spectacularly falling down, becoming embroiled in a number of WA Inc. scandals including the bailout of the Rothwells Bank and the stripping of Bell Resources.

• Ben Mingay as Alan Bond[5]
• Rachael Taylor as Diana Bliss[5]
• Adrienne Pickering as Eileen Bond[5]
• Sam Neill as Roland "Tiny" Rowland[5]
• Anne Louise Lambert
• Gyton Grantley[5]
• Samantha Jade as Tracey Tyler[5]
• Anne Looby[5]
• John Howard[5]
• Johnny Ruffo[5]
• Roy Billing[5]
• Paul Gleeson[5]
• Jack Campbell as John Bertrand[5]
• Vanessa Moltzen
• Airlee Dodds as Susanne Bond
• Bill Young as Frank Bond
• John McNeill as Sir Frank Packer

The series was criticised as "appalling" by Alan Bond's widow Eileen Bond.[6] His family released a statement, claiming it was "inaccurate and sensationalised".[7] Diana Bliss's brother Graeme, meanwhile appreciated Rachael Taylor’s sympathetic portrayal of his sister believing she would be pleased with the series.[8]

The series was generally well received. The Age and TV Week named the series ‘Pick of the Week’. TV Week gave it 5/5 saying ‘Adrienne Pickering is wonderful as the lively Eileen’. The Age called it ‘luxurious and ambitious’.[9] News.com.au called ‘a ‘riveting’ yarn.’[10] Debi Enker in The Sydney Morning Herald said it ‘has the quality of a Shakespearean tragedy...’ and ‘captures the flash-and-dazzle of the era and offers some insight into a singular and spectacular rise and fall.’[11] The Daily Telegraph called House of Bond a "flop",[12] and the series received a 2.5 star rating from TV Tonight [13]

The series was released on DVD by Universal Home Video on May 11, 2017.[18]