Ewen Leslie
Major Leo Carmichael
Series SeasonSeason 1 episodes2020
Operation Buffalo
Season 1
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
Each episode has its own detail page.
Episode 155 min2020-05-31
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.
Episode 255 min2020-06-07
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.
Episode 355 min2020-06-14
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.
Episode 455 min2020-06-21
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.
Episode 555 min2020-06-28
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 find them.
Episode 655 min2020-07-05
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.