Operation Buffalo

2020 - 2020

Episode 1

Episode 1

In 1956, highly decorated military engineer Major Leo Carmichael is tasked with supervising construction of the British atomic test towers at Maralinga, in the South Australian desert.

Episode 2

Episode 2

The arrival of a new woman at the camp has Leo immediately suspicious, as Cranky questions his purpose following an encounter with an Aboriginal family.

Episode 3

Episode 3

In Adelaide, Leo sidesteps ASIO and receives an offer from Attorney General Wilcox that he cannot refuse. Back at Maralinga, Eva questions Quentin about his weather reports.

Episode 4

Episode 4

When Leo arrives back at Maralinga with Wilcox and members of the press, he must keep them away from the unexpected visitors hiding in the camp's kitchen.

Episode 5

Episode 5

When Carmen's friends, Molly, Lydia and Yvonne, are attacked by an ASIO operative, they show up at Maralinga hospital and confront Leo about the incident and question how it is that ASIO knew where to find them.

Episode 6

Episode 6

Leo and Corinne decide who to trust, while Eva struggles with her abductor and Cranky tells Dalgleish that he wants to stay in the desert.

Top Cast

Ewen Leslie•Jessica De Gouw•James Cromwell

A captivating drama set in Maralinga, South Australia, at the height of the Cold War. At a remote army base carrying out British nuclear testing, paranoia runs rife and nuclear bombs are not the only things being tested, as loyalty, love, and betrayal are pitted against each other.

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Ewen Leslie Image

Ewen Leslie

Major Leo Carmichael

Jessica De Gouw Image

Jessica De Gouw

Eva Lloyd-George

James Cromwell Image

James Cromwell

Cranky

Tony Martin Image

Tony Martin

Richard Wilcox MP

Shaka Cook Image

Shaka Cook

Sam

Alan Dukes Image

Alan Dukes

Philip Lachlan MP

Sam Parsonson Image

Sam Parsonson

Hilly

Alexander Bertrand Image

Alexander Bertrand

Murphy

Brenden Lovett Image

Brenden Lovett

Dr. Williams

Benedict Wall Image

Benedict Wall

Jones

Adrienne Pickering Image

Adrienne Pickering

Nurse Corinne Syddell

Frances Djulibing

Ruby

Shantae Barnes-Cowan Image

Shantae Barnes-Cowan

Peggy

Full Crew

Anita Sheehan

Executive Producer

Liz Watts Image

Liz Watts

Executive Producer

Vincent Sheehan

Producer

Tanya Phegan

Producer

Peter Duncan

Producer

Sally Riley

Executive Producer

Andrew Gregory

Executive Producer

John Clabburn

First Assistant Director

Jordan Taranto

Second Assistant Director

Makayla Olford

Third Assistant Director

John Platt

Still Photographer

Greg Hatton

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