Safe Harbour (2018–2018)

TV ShowEndedSBSDrama, Thriller, Mystery1 season, 4 episodes
Safe Harbour posterReview score: 59%

Plot

Five Australians on a sailing holiday come across a fishing boat full of desperate asylum seekers. Deciding to help, they tow the boat but, in the middle of the night, it disappears. Years later, one of the Australians, Ryan, steps into a taxi driven by one of the refugees, Ismail. Overjoyed to learn the refugees reached Australia, he invites Ismail and his family to a barbeque - reuniting everyone. It's there that Ryan and the others learn the truth - someone cut the rope between the two boats and, as a result, the fishing boat sank and seven people died, including Ismail's nine-year-old daughter. Old secrets come to light, relationships are shattered and lives are put in danger.

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  1. 01Safe Harbour S01E01Episode 1S01E01 · 8.0Five Australians on a sailing holiday come across a fishing boat full of desperate asylum seekers. Deciding to help, they tow the boat but, in the middle of the night, it disappears. Years later, one of the Australians, Ryan, steps into a taxi driven by one of the refugees, Ismail.
  2. 02Safe Harbour S01E02Episode 2S01E02 · 8.0Ismail, grieving the loss of his daughter, reports the crime at sea to the Australian Federal police and the Australians are investigated. Secrets start to come to the surface and Ismail turns his suspicions closer to home.
  3. 03Safe Harbour S01E03Episode 3S01E03 · 8.0The Australians are found to have no case to answer but cannot feel relieved, as they continue to struggle with all of the after-effects. Ismail seeks revenge, which backfires, and the truth comes out.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode4Episodes2018Aired 7.5Season avg
  1. S01E01Safe Harbour S01E01Season's bestEpisode 1March 7, 2018 8.0Five Australians on a sailing holiday come across a fishing boat full of desperate asylum seekers. Deciding to help, they tow the boat but,
  2. S01E02Safe Harbour S01E02Episode 2March 14, 2018 8.0Ismail, grieving the loss of his daughter, reports the crime at sea to the Australian Federal police and the Australians are investigated. S
  3. S01E03Safe Harbour S01E03Episode 3March 21, 2018 8.0The Australians are found to have no case to answer but cannot feel relieved, as they continue to struggle with all of the after-effects. Is
  4. S01E04Safe Harbour S01E04Episode 4March 28, 2018 6.0The truth leads to a life in danger, as Ismail - blinded by grief - tries to get retribution, leading to a final confrontation and the possi

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Castfull cast & details

Ewen LeslieEwen LeslieRyan GallagherLeeanna WalsmanLeeanna WalsmanBree GallagherPhoebe TonkinPhoebe TonkinOliviaRobert RabiahRobert RabiahBilalJacqueline McKenzieJacqueline McKenzieHelen
Maha Riad
Maha RiadYasmeen Al-BayatiJoel JacksonJoel JacksonDamien PascoeHazem ShammasHazem ShammasIsmail Al-Bayati

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