Murder in the Pacific

2023 - 2023

Episode 1

2nd March 2023

Episode 1

In July 1985, the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior, a symbol of peace, suffers a pair of explosions that sink the ship and kill a crew member. The hunt for the perpetrators begins.

Episode 2

9th March 2023

Episode 2

The story of how a young group of detectives, with no prior experience of international crime, caught some of the world's most sophisticated and highly-trained military saboteurs.

Episode 3

16th March 2023

Episode 3

The bomber himself reveals how he came to plant the bombs on the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior and the measures he took to escape New Zealand after the attack.

Top Cast

Pete Willcox•Bunny McDiarmid•Dave Moyle

Documentary Crime

1985: Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior is bombed. The attack exposed a murky world of nuclear testing and abuse of power - and inspired a generation of environmental activists.

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BBC iPlayer

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Full Cast

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Pete Willcox

Peter Willcox

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Bunny McDiarmid

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Dave Moyle

Full Crew

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Raphaelle Thibaut

Original Music Composer

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Caroline Hawkins

Executive Producer

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