5.555 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
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A captivating drama set in Maralinga, South Australia, at the height of the Cold War. At a remote army base carrying out British nuclear testing, paranoia runs rife and nuclear bombs are not the only things being tested, as loyalty, love, and betrayal are pitted against each other.
Acting
Ewen Leslie's simmering Major Carmichael is magnificent passive-aggressive energy.
Production
Maralinga's desolation becomes a character—beautiful and deeply unsettling.
Writing
Dark comedy so dry you'll need water, mate.
Ewen Leslie
Major Leo Carmichael
Jessica De Gouw
Eva Lloyd-George
James Cromwell
Cranky
Tony Martin
Richard Wilcox MP
Shaka Cook
Sam
Alan Dukes
Philip Lachlan MP
Sam Parsonson
Hilly
Alexander Bertrand
Murphy
Brenden Lovett
Dr. Williams
Benedict Wall
Jones
Adrienne Pickering
Nurse Corinne Syddell
Shantae Barnes-Cowan
Peggy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Maralinga was a real British nuclear test site where Indigenous Pitjantjatjara people were forcibly removed; the series barely exaggerates the actual cover-ups.
James Cromwell flew to Australia specifically for this role after reading the script on a flight—he called it 'the most British thing I've done in decades.'
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