Operation Buffalo

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2020-05-31

Last Air Date: 2020-07-05

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 6

Created By: Tanya Phegan, Peter Duncan

Networks: ABC TV

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Top Cast

Ewen Leslie as Major Leo Carmichael
Jessica De Gouw as Eva Lloyd-George
James Cromwell as Cranky
Tony Martin as Richard Wilcox MP
Shaka Cook as Sam
Alan Dukes as Philip Lachlan MP
Sam Parsonson as Hilly
Alexander Bertrand as Murphy
Brenden Lovett as Dr. Williams
Benedict Wall as Jones

Seasons

Season 1 (2020)

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.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Episode 1 (2020-05-31)

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.
Ep. 2: Episode 2 (2020-06-07)

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.
Ep. 3: Episode 3 (2020-06-14)

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.
Ep. 4: Episode 4 (2020-06-21)

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.
Ep. 5: Episode 5 (2020-06-28)

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.
Ep. 6: Episode 6 (2020-07-05)

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.