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Barrier Reef

TV series

Barrier Reef

10/ 10· 1197130 min1 season · 39 episodes
Drama

Barrier Reef was an Australian television series that was first screened in 1971. Barrier Reef centred around a group of marine biologists on board a ship called the New Endeavour, researching around the Great Barrier Reef, off Queensland, Australia. "It was the first series in the world to feature extensive colour underwater filming on location". It was also a unique location for a TV show. The Great Barrier Reef is "The only living organic collective visible from Earth's orbit."

Created by
Lee Robinson

Seasons and episodes

1 season · 39 episodes

Ended
1

Season One

39 episodesFebruary 12, 1971
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Barrier Reef is about the adventures of a scientific search and recovery team working for General Trust Corporation, a large Australian industrial and pastoral group.

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    S1 E1

    Rendezvous

    Feb 12, 197130 min

    A high ranking Government official makes a secret visit to the Endeavour to determine whether General Trust Corporation may use it's Minus Five equipment to commercial advantage without affecting the natural heritage of the Great Barrier Re

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    S1 E2

    Galleon

    Feb 19, 197130 min

    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 real reason is to prove a Spaniard discovered the Australian coast before Captain Cook.

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    S1 E3

    Something Beginning with M

    Feb 26, 197130 min

    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 realises his methods endanger Captain King's life.

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    S1 E4

    Strange Cargo

    Mar 5, 197130 min

    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 police, but when Sgt. Davies goes to the grave the body is missing, and the Minus Five team land in a

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    S1 E5

    The Pewter Chalice

    Mar 12, 197130 min

    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 reluctantly declines assistance as the Endeavour is under orders for another assignment. The nuns risk t

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    S1 E6

    The Cannon Of Nemora

    Mar 19, 197130 min

    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. The gold disappears and it seems it has been stolen from under their noses. A cannon from the wrec

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Where can I watch Barrier Reef?
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How many seasons of Barrier Reef are there?
Barrier Reef has 1 season and 39 episodes. Status: Ended.
Will there be a new season of Barrier Reef?
Barrier Reef has ended; no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on November 5, 1971.
Who stars in Barrier Reef?
Barrier Reef stars Joe James, Harold Hopkins, Ken James, George Assang, Rowena Wallace.

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