Barrier Reef

1. S01E01RendezvousFebruary 12, 1971—A high ranking Government official makes a secret visit to the Endeavour to determine whether General Trust Corporation may use it's Minus F
2. S01E02GalleonFebruary 19, 1971—A Spaniard tricks the Minus Five team into using their equipment to locate a sunken galleon which, he says, carried a fortune in gold. His r
3. S01E03Something Beginning with MFebruary 26, 1971—An industrial spy gets aboard the Endeavour to photograph the top secret equipment, but he turns out to be not such a bad bloke when he real
4. S01E04Strange CargoMarch 5, 1971—The Minus Five team discover a murdered man in Barrier Reef waters, and he is buried on a small, lonely island. He is to be exhumed by the p
5. S01E05The Pewter ChaliceMarch 12, 1971—Two nuns ask the Minus Five team to help them recover a sacred chalice lost in a wreck off the Great Barrier Reef, but Captain Ted King relu
6. S01E06The Cannon Of NemoraMarch 19, 1971—The Minus Five team has salvage rights to a vessel sunk off the Barrier Reef in the 1800's, but when they arrive they find divers down below
7. S01E07The PiratesMarch 26, 1971—Tense moments mix with comedy when three students capture the Endeavour and, thinking the crew are spies, plan to hand them over to the poli
8. S01E08Old GoldApril 2, 1971—Old Harry tells Steve Gabo about two million dollars of gold coin carried on a plane lost during World War 2, which he has been trying to lo
9. S01E09SlipwayApril 9, 1971—The Endeavour puts into a slipway in Townsville for inspection and maintenance, and the crew welcomes Diana Parker, the charming new operato
10. S01E10When Big Fish DieApril 16, 1971—Exploring an underwater oil field near the Great Barrier Reef, the mini-submarine crew strikes new danger - an ear-splitting, high-frequency
11. S01E11Russians Are RedApril 23, 1971—The Minus Five team become involved in political intrigue when a defector from a Russian ship asks them for political asylum in Australia. S
12. S01E12CycloneApril 30, 1971—The Endeavour runs before Cyclone Ada, which devastates tourist resorts on the Great Barrier Reef and towns on the North Queensland coast. A
13. S01E13Assignment in ShuteMay 7, 1971—The Endeavour crew are assigned to search for a fishing launch sunk during the cyclone. They plunge into a murder mystery when in the cabin
14. S01E14Thursday GirlMay 14, 1971—A beautiful young girl from Thursday Island stows away on the Endeavour, claiming Jack Meurauki has promised to marry her. Hiding the girl f
15. S01E15Nothing But The TruthMay 21, 1971—Minus Five picks up uranium readings which appear and disappear. A trawler hauls in a catch of fish which could be radioactive, but a more i
16. S01E16White DeathMay 28, 1971—The Endeavour is assigned by the government to chart unknown channels in the Barrier Reef. A man once badly mauled by a white pointer shark
17. S01E17Echoes From The PastJune 4, 1971—The Minus Five team is commissioned by the Royal Australian Navy to locate and chart a mine field off the Barrier Reef. During the trip, Cap
18. S01E18A Matter of MoneyJune 11, 1971—The Endeavour's attractive new scientist learns a bitter lesson in security when she innocently arranges passage to Townsville for a colleag
19. S01E19Scotch on The RocksJune 18, 1971—A wreck with a cargo of whisky hangs precariously on a ledge on the Reef. A puritan Scotsman plans to destroy the cargo, and a drunken beach
20. S01E20God Bless HerJune 25, 1971—A mad scientist, intent on preserving the Barrier Reef from exploitation, plants explosives aboard the Endeavour as the crew wait to welcome
21. S01E21Let Sleeping Dogs LieJuly 2, 1971—A Japanese submarine sunk during World War 2; a Shinto burial service; and the unusual interest displayed by a Member of Parliament plunge t
22. S01E22Sea FeverJuly 9, 1971—A strange illness threatens the life of three people on the Great Barrier Reef when an old scientist loses control of dangerous research int
23. S01E23Shark BaitJuly 16, 1971—A wealthy fisherman hunts for a world record size shark, and baits an area with bloody meat. One of the Minus Five divers becomes trapped by
24. S01E24The TripodJuly 23, 1971—The owner of an illegal fishing fleet is desperate when the Minus Five team find a strange tripod on the sea bed which is his early warning
25. S01E25Coconut IceJuly 30, 1971—The idea of icebergs in the tropical waters of the Barrier Reef at first amuses the Minus Five team, but the situation becomes grim when the
26. S01E26Moon ShotAugust 6, 1971—A deadly, radioactive 16½ inch cylinder, released into the sea near the Great Barrier Reef from the crippled spacecraft Apollo 13, must be r
27. S01E27The Speckled Stone FishAugust 13, 1971—A bizarre attempted murder by the Mafia can only be prevented by a marine biologist and the Minus Five team working together. They must catc
28. S01E28The Old SkipperAugust 20, 1971—An ageing sea captain who was the original skipper of the Endeavour determines to scuttle the ship so they can die together. Alone with him
29. S01E29Sell OutAugust 27, 1971—One of the Minus Five team acts as bait to catch a company official selling classified information about a newly discovered nickel field on
30. S01E30Black DiamondSeptember 3, 1971—The Minus Five team find an unconscious diver in the water and another on the sea bed. Attempting a rescue, one of the team gets nitrogen na
31. S01E31The TunnelSeptember 10, 1971—When the roof of a cave below the Great Barrier Reef collapses and traps one of the Minus Five divers, the others have to work against time
32. S01E32Sanctuary CaySeptember 17, 1971—The Minus Five team clash with big business wanting to exploit a tropical island, even though it would mean the extinction of millions of pr
33. S01E33The MissileSeptember 24, 1971—A live missile embedded in the coral reef makes a dangerous proving ground for a celebrated Royal Australian Navy diver who has lost his ner
34. S01E34His Majesty RegretsOctober 1, 1971—A monster turtle and a blonde diver girl form a strange alliance to frustrate the Minus Five team's latest assignment.
35. S01E35Voices In The DeepOctober 8, 1971—Foreign voices are heard by Kip over the radio as he searches below the Endeavour for one of his tools. The Minus Five team are challenged b
36. S01E36Pilgrims ProgressOctober 15, 1971—A desk-type security agent involves the Minus Five team in a dangerous duel with jet-boats when two men are discovered tapping an undersea c
37. S01E37Oysters Never TellOctober 22, 1971—The Minus Five team play cops and robbers with a pearl smuggler, and one of the team becomes trapped in an underwater cave.
38. S01E38Bird CageOctober 29, 1971—The Minus Five team become involved in a lover's quarrel, which quickly turns very serious when the girl involved is trapped in a cage on th
39. S01E39The FenceNovember 5, 1971—The Minus Five team need all their skill to locate and rescue Kip Young, who has been overcome by the energy force of a sonic fence which wa

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