Series
Operation Buffalo
“Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.”
Drama
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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Seasons & episodes
In Cold War South Australia, an eclectic crew at a British nuclear testing site do their best to keep things together amid paranoia and shocking antics.
1Episode 131 May 2020 · 55m · ★ 5.5In 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.
2Episode 27 Jun 2020 · 55m · ★ 5.5The arrival of a new woman at the camp has Leo immediately suspicious, as Cranky questions his purpose following an encounter with an Aboriginal family.
3Episode 314 Jun 2020 · 55m · ★ 5.5In 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.
4Episode 421 Jun 2020 · 55m · ★ 5.5When 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.
5Episode 528 Jun 2020 · 55m · ★ 5.5When 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.
6Episode 65 Jul 2020 · 55m · ★ 5.5Leo and Corinne decide who to trust, while Eva struggles with her abductor and Cranky tells Dalgleish that he wants to stay in the desert.
Details
- Created by
- Peter Duncan, Tanya Phegan
- First aired
- 31 May 2020
- Last aired
- 5 Jul 2020
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- ABC TV
- Episodes
- 6
- Votes
- 21 on TMDB
Cast
Ewen LeslieMajor Leo Carmichael
Jessica De GouwEva Lloyd-George
James CromwellCranky
Tony MartinRichard Wilcox MP
Shaka CookSam
Alan DukesPhilip Lachlan MP
Sam ParsonsonHilly
Alexander BertrandMurphy
Brenden LovettDr. Williams
Benedict WallJones
Adrienne PickeringNurse Corinne Syddell- FFrances DjulibingRuby
Shantae Barnes-CowanPeggy
