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Operation Buffalo

“Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.”

6.0 / 10

2020

1 season

6 episodes

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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Cast

Ewen Leslie

Jessica De Gouw

James Cromwell

Tony Martin

Shaka Cook

Alan Dukes

Sam Parsonson

Alexander Bertrand

Brenden Lovett

Benedict Wall

Adrienne Pickering

Frances Djulibing

Seasons

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.

1.Episode 1
5.5
31-05-202055m
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 des...
2.Episode 2
5.5
07-06-202055m
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.
3.Episode 3
5.5
14-06-202055m
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.
4.Episode 4
5.5
21-06-202055m
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.
5.Episode 5
5.5
28-06-202055m
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 tha...
6.Episode 6
5.5
05-07-202055m
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.

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