The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey

S01E08: Diving for Roman Plunder

Overview

The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey includes all 12 episodes of the 1978 television series featuring the research adventures of Cousteau, a celebrated documentarian and public conscience of mankind's stewardship of our oceans. Alongside his son Philippe Cousteau, Jacques's adventures begin with an ambitious expedition (on Cousteau's famous Calypso ship and a seaplane called the Catalina) following the course of the Nile River from Central Africa to the Mediterranean.

Episodes

S01E01 The Nile (1)

December 9, 1979
Flowing 4,000 miles from Central Africa to the Mediterranean, the Nile River has long exerted a mystical influence on man's imagination - and the dreams of explorers such as Jacques and Philippe Cousteau. In this...

S01E03 Calypso’s Search for Atlantis (1)

June 25, 1980

S01E04 Calypso’s Search for Atlantis (2)

July 2, 1980

S01E06 Mediterranean: Cradle or Coffin?

May 27, 1979

S01E07 Calypso’s Search for the Britannic

November 22, 1977

S01E08 Diving for Roman Plunder

March 14, 1978

S01E09 Blind Prophets of Easter Island

December 11, 1978

S01E10 Clipperton: The Island Time Forgot

February 25, 1981

S01E11 Lost Relics of the Sea

March 12, 1980

S01E12 Warm-Blooded Sea: Mammals of the Deep

March 17, 1982

Cast

Theodore Strauss
Narrator

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