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Operation Buffalo

Operation Buffalo
★ 6.1/10•2020•55m•16•Drama
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Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.

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.

StatusEnded
Runtime55m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMay 31, 2020

Episodes

Episode 1 - Episode 1E155m

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.

May 31, 2020

Episode 2 - Episode 2E255m

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.

Jun 7, 2020

Episode 3 - Episode 3E355m

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.

Jun 14, 2020

Episode 4 - Episode 4E455m

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.

Jun 21, 2020

Episode 5 - Episode 5E555m

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.

Jun 28, 2020

Episode 6 - Episode 6E655m

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.

Jul 5, 2020

Actors

Ewen Leslie

Ewen Leslie

Major Leo Carmichael

Jessica De Gouw

Jessica De Gouw

Eva Lloyd-George

James Cromwell

James Cromwell

Cranky

Tony Martin

Tony Martin

Richard Wilcox MP

Shaka Cook

Shaka Cook

Sam

Alan Dukes

Alan Dukes

Philip Lachlan MP

Sam Parsonson

Sam Parsonson

Hilly

Alexander Bertrand

Alexander Bertrand

Murphy

Brenden Lovett

Brenden Lovett

Dr. Williams

Benedict Wall

Benedict Wall

Jones

Adrienne Pickering

Adrienne Pickering

Nurse Corinne Syddell

Frances Djulibing

Ruby

Shantae Barnes-Cowan

Shantae Barnes-Cowan

Peggy

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