S01E01 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.
Operation Buffalo
Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.
S01E03: 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.
Overview
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.
Episodes
S01E02 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.
S01E03 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.
S01E04 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.
S01E05 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...
S01E06 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.
Cast
Ewen Leslie
Major Leo Carmichael
Jessica De Gouw
Eva Lloyd-George
James Cromwell
Cranky
Tony Martin
Richard Wilcox MP
Shaka Cook
Sam
Alan Dukes
Philip Lachlan MP
Sam Parsonson
Hilly
Alexander Bertrand
Murphy
Brenden Lovett
Dr. Williams
Benedict Wall
Jones
Adrienne Pickering
Nurse Corinne Syddell
Frances Djulibing
Ruby
