Operation Buffalo — Season 1
Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.
About this season
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 (6)
1. Episode 1
5.5Aired 31 May 2020 • 55 min
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.
2. Episode 2
5.5Aired 7 June 2020 • 55 min
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.
3. Episode 3
5.5Aired 14 June 2020 • 55 min
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.
4. Episode 4
5.5Aired 21 June 2020 • 55 min
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.
5. Episode 5
5.5Aired 28 June 2020 • 55 min
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.
6. Episode 6
5.5Aired 5 July 2020 • 55 min
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.