About this season
Danger Bay is a Canadian television series, produced in Vancouver, with first-run episodes broadcast on CBC Television and the Disney Channel starting October 7, 1985. One hundred and twenty three installments were filmed, ending in 1989, but the series, perceived as wholesome and exciting fare for older children and adolescents, continued to be seen through the 1990s in numerous countries around the world. The plots of the episodes followed the exploits of the Roberts family, led by marine veterinarian Grant "Doc" Roberts, and his two children, Nicole and Jonah. The 30-minute episodes featured the Vancouver Aquarium in nearly every installment. Most episodes focused on environmental issues such as pollution, wildlife endangerment and forest preservation. The series was also broadcast in Gibraltar Bulgaria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Iceland, Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago, Finland
Episodes (22)
1. The Turning Tide
Aired 17 September 1986 • 30 min
After a storm wrecks the Aquarium tide-pool's research lab, Grant Roberts (Donnelly Rhodes) takes Nicole's (Ocean Hellman) science class to the tide-pool lab to gather new data.
2. Pressure Point
Aired 24 September 1986 • 30 min
A friend of Grant's asks him to come to view a Submersible show . What could go wrong?
3. The Fish Who Walks
Aired 8 October 1986 • 30 min
A BC Hydro crew finds an intact fossil of a fish with legs. When Grant learns of the discovery he thinks the animal could be the "missing link" in the evolutionary chain. Grant takes Jonah and his friend Martin on a trip to study the fossil. Martin's father Don is a famous biologist who also joins the crew. The expedition proves to be an opportunity to study the distant past and for an estranged father and son (Don and Martin) to renew their relationship.
4. Solo Flight
Aired 15 October 1986 • 30 min
A routine plane trip to gather some endangered fish ends in near tragedy when Nicole and Jonah's pilot has a heart attack in flight. Nicole must land the plane with help from J.L. and Grant via radio.
5. Lady Raven
Aired 29 October 1986 • 30 min
Grant, Nicole, and ornithologist Jeff Storey head to Raven Island to determine the extent of a viral outbreak. There they encounter a reclusive artist bent on remaining alone.
6. The Ultimate Gift
Aired 5 November 1986 • 30 min
Grant must juggle his responsibilities at the Aquarium caring for a soon-to-be orphan otter pup with his fledgling relationship with J.L. The frosty disposition of his new assistant adds to the mix.
7. Thursday's Child
Aired 12 November 1986 • 30 min
After Grant and J.L. find a young South American girl hiding in the Aquarium's Amazon exhibit, J.L. decides to become the girl's guardian and must quickly adapt to motherhood.
8. The Vigilantes
Aired 19 November 1986 • 30 min
Jonah & his friends decide to take action into their own hands when their favourite forest is threatened by the logging industry. Grant is forced to confront the fact his son is growing up and has a will of his own.
9. The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Aired 26 November 1986 • 30 min
A wayward wildcat terrorizes Vancouver and the Roberts & Co. do their best to return the creature to the wild before amateur hunters can get to him. Meanwhile Donna must decide whether or not to leave the Aquarium and accompany her husband to Ottawa.
10. Million Dollar Whale Song
Aired 3 December 1986 • 30 min
Jonah can't wait to get to know Jean-Paul, a friend of Grant's who has come to visit and has a sports car! While Grant works on a machine which might be able to re-create the songs of whales, Jonah learns that appearances can be deceiving.
11. Eye of the Storm
Aired 24 December 1986 • 30 min
A storm hits Danger Bay and Nicole finds herself home alone. During the storm a boy turns up on her doorstep. He has run away from home and Nicole must help him to see that running away doesn't solve problems, before the storm ends and it's too late.
12. Old Friends
Aired 14 January 1987 • 30 min
A man working at a circus helps an old female seal to the Aquarium hoping that she can live in peace, in return he takes a younger seal. Grant and Nicole are able to find the seal and kidnapper by an electronic tracking device and decide to take pity on the old man and do something for him.
13. Big Horns
Aired 21 January 1987 • 30 min
Grant learns to let Jonah work through his own problems now that he is getting older.
14. Time Out
Aired 4 February 1987 • 30 min
Grant receives some upsetting news when he learns that a friend who lived in Africa has disappeared. It troubles him to the point where he considers going to Kenya. His children don't want to go and J. L. can't seem to get through to Grant, which leaves it to two boys who Grant meets on the beach.
15. All the King's Horses
Aired 11 February 1987 • 30 min
Nicole goes away for the weekend to visit her friend Heather, J. L. accidently finds out that Heather's father is David Cormier, an old flame of hers from the past. Grant, finding out all this, insists that J. L. tags along, only she starts to fall for David again which doesn't please Nicole.
16. The Otters Return
Aired 18 February 1987 • 30 min
Grant gets concerned when the otter's appear to have disappeared from the bay. He sets out in the boat with Jonah and Doug to try and find out what has happened to them.
17. A Man of Few Words
Aired 4 March 1987 • 30 min
A young man who has just been employeed at the Aquarium can't read or write. When Nicole finds this out she seeks to help him learn before it to loses him his job.
18. Signs of Growth
Aired 11 March 1987 • 30 min
Billy, a deaf boy, is asked to communicate with a chimpanzee who was taught sign language. An evening of fun ends up in a misunderstanding between Billy, Tracy, and Nicole.
19. Aquarium Rock
Aired 18 March 1987 • 30 min
A rock star films a rock video at the aquarium. Nicole auditions to become one of the dancers in the video and her friends become jealous of her when she's picked.
20. S.S. Friendship
Aired 25 March 1987 • 30 min
Suspicions are very where, but especially focused on Nicole's new friend Tracy who has a bit of a bad reputation.
21. Superfish
Aired 1 April 1987 • 30 min
While Jonah and Grant are out fishing they start getting bites from big fish. Earlier in the day they had been joking with George over the very same thing. But when more and more oversized fish are found, Grant realises that someone must be genetically changing the salmon's size and must stop it before the food runs out and species die out.
22. Sylvan Shores
Aired 8 April 1987 • 30 min
George & the Roberts family go away for the weekend after George's friend invites them to stay at the island resort ""Sylvan Shores."" When they find the resort on the verge of closure, they each pitch in to keep it running long enough to impress some visiting investors.