Operation Buffalo

Operation Buffalo (2020)

EndedScripted showDrama

Operation Buffalo shines a spotlight on a controversial time in Australia's modern history, the 1950s British nuclear testing in outback South Australia.

There is no more lethal cocktail than a combination of blind faith and paranoia. And it seems in 1956, everyone was drinking it. It's the height of the Cold War. The Menzies Government has welcomed British atomic bomb testing at remote, ‘uninhabited' Maralinga, in outback South Australia.

Charged with keeping the base functioning smoothly is Major Leo Carmichael, an Australian Army Engineer and WWII hero. But testing the most dangerous weapon in the world is no easy task for Leo with a Commanding Officer who is not fit for purpose; a new meteorologist, Dr Eva Lloyd-George who starts asking questions; and the Government and press watching his every move. And as it turns out, the land of Maralinga may not be so uninhabited after all, when Leo's faced with the arrival of a family of Indigenous Australians, curious about the giant clouds that explode occasionally…

This is a story of our infinite capacity for betrayal, and no one is immune, not even the betrayers themselves.

Network
Scheduleevery Sunday at 20:30 (55 min)

Last Episode

Episode 6
Season 1Episode 655 min

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.

Jul 5, 2020

Recent Episodes

EpisodeNameAirdate
S01E06Episode 6Jul 5, 2020
S01E05Episode 5Jun 28, 2020
S01E04Episode 4Jun 21, 2020
S01E03Episode 3Jun 14, 2020
S01E02Episode 2Jun 7, 2020
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Cast

Jessica De Gouw

Jessica De Gouw

plays Dr. Eva Lloyd-George
James Cromwell

James Cromwell

plays General the Lord Harrington "Cranky" Crankford
Ewen Leslie

Ewen Leslie

plays Major Leo Carmichael
Tony Martin

Tony Martin

plays Richard Wilcox MP
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Characters

Dr. Eva Lloyd-George

Dr. Eva Lloyd-George

played by Jessica De Gouw
General the Lord Harrington

General the Lord Harrington "Cranky" Crankford

played by James Cromwell
Major Leo Carmichael

Major Leo Carmichael

played by Ewen Leslie
Richard Wilcox MP

Richard Wilcox MP

played by Tony Martin
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Also known as

  • Fallout

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