E P I S O D E    G U I D E S   

Australia / Network 10-Fauna / 39x30m-e / 1971

Producer: Lee Robinson, Joy Cavill / Executive Producers: John McCallum, Bob Austin

Action adventure series. The exploits of a science team on a boat called New Endeavor monitoring the sea bed and getting involved in adventures along the way. The ship was kitted out with all manner of scientific gizmo's and was like a laboratory at sea, the ship contained computers, underwater radio equipment, a jet boat and a two man submarine. The crew were financed by a giant industrial and pastoral group to locate sunken wreck which might just contain "extremely valuable cargo". Fauna who made the show for 10 had only recently finished filming Skippy. Critics were not overly kind to the series however branding the show "kidult", an article in the TV Week of 6 February 1971 said "the money should have been spent on a good rewrite coach" the writer of the peice Herb Martin feeling the scripts were not up to par.  

With:- JOE JAMES as Captain Ted King / ROWENA WALLACE as Tracey Deane / ELLI McCLURE as Diana Parker / HAROLD HOPKINS as Steve Gabo / KEN JAMES as Kip Young / GEORGE ASSANG as Jack Meurauki / SUSANNAH BRETT as Elizabeth Brett / IHAB NAFA as Dr Paul Hanna

1. RENDEZVOUS
Sir John Hargreave.......John Warwick
Gordon Lewis.......John McCallum
Professor Martin.......Tom Farley
Script.......Joy Cavill
From an original story by.......John McCallum & Lee Robinson
Director.......Paul Maxwell
Synopsis: 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 Reef. The project is placed in jeopardy when, riding in the mini-sub, he nearly loses his life. Dr. Paul Hanna, of the Government Science Council, joins the team on board the Endeavour.Notes: Segments filmed in Canberra.
Airdate: 12/2/71

2. GALLEON
Conde De Cassalis.......Don Pascoe
Sir John Hargreave.......John Warwick
Script.......Lee Robinson
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: 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.
Airdate: GLV 1/10/71

3. SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH M
Stewart Gamelin.......Allan Lander
Script.......Joy Cavill
From an original story by.......Neill Phillipson
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: 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 Ted King's life.
Airdate: 19/2/71

4. STRANGE CARGO
Bob Davenport.......Robert Bruning
Edwards.......Kevin Miles
Sgt. Davies.......Don Reid
Script.......Lee Robinson
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: The Minus Five team discover a murdered man in the 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 strange network of intrigue.
Airdate: GLV 8/10/71

5. THE PEWTER CHALICE
Kelly Clarke.......Tina Cornioley
Sister Angela.......Judith Fisher
Sister Magdalena.......Christina O'Brien
Script.......Lee Robinson
Director.......Brian Faull
Synopsis: 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 their lives when they decide to attempt the salvage job themselves.

Airdate: 9/4/72 (GLV 24/9/71)

6. THE CANNON OF NEMORA
Joan Norris.......Helen Morse
Kenneth Norris.......Peter Adams
Script.......Michael Wright & Ron McLean
Director.......Brian Faull
Synopsis: 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 wreck and an old log book must be found before the mystery can be solved.
Airdate: GLV 29/10/71

7. THE PIRATES
Rod.......Tristan Rogers
Chris.......John Wood
Tony.......Damien Parker
Script.......Joy Cavill
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: Tense moments mix with comedy when three students capture the Endeavour and, thinking the crew are spies, plan to hand them over to the police.
Airdate: GLV 22/10/71

8. OLD GOLD
Insp. John Harden.......Ken Goodlet
Harry Jenkins.......Gerry Duggan
Ford.......Les Berryman
Script.......Lee Robinson
From an original story by.......Andre Maestracci
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: 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 locate for years. The Minus Five team begin a search and find more than they bargained for - two skeletons, and two armed men who could be murderers, but who are in fact Commonwealth Police.
Notes: Final Susannah Brett.
Airdate: GLV 15/10/71

9. SLIPWAY
Kelly Clarke.......Tina Cornioley
Ruth Curtis.......Pat Sullivan
Hyles.......Ric Hutton
Script.......Lee Robinson
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: The Endeavour puts into a slipway in Townsville for inspection and maintenance, and the crew welcomes Diana Parker, the charming new operator for the Minus Five equipment. But there are shocks in store for all as Diana is discovered to be an impostor, and one of the diving crew narrowly escapes death.
Notes: First Elli Maclure as Diana Parker.
Airdate: 26/2/71

10. WHEN BIG FISH DIE
Script.......Brian Faull
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: Exploring an underwater oil field near the Great Barrier Reef, the mini-submarine crew strikes new danger - an ear-splitting, high-frequency sound that kills fish, and even disables the Minus Five electronic equipment.
Airdate: 5/3/71

11. RUSSIANS ARE RED
Capt. Rudolf Chenov.......Peter Aanensen
Igor Mosyiev.......John Roddick
Script.......Ted Roberts
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: In Townsville, the Minus Five team become involved in political intrigue when a defector from a Russian ship asks them to help him gain asylum in Australia. Steve Gabo takes his side, until he learns the 
Russian is not a political refugee, but a thief.
Airdate: 7/11/71 (GLV 7/5/71)

12. CYCLONE
Susan Prescott.......Janet Kingsbury
Script.......Lee Robinson
Director.......Lee Robinson
Synopsis: The Endeavour runs before Cyclone Ada, which devastates tourist resorts on the Great Barrier Reef and towns on the North Queensland coast. After the disaster, the Minus Five team return to the area to search for 
survivors, and play an important role in rescue work.
Airdate: 26/9/71 (GLV 12/3/71)
Notes: Filming of the episode 'Slipway' was almost completed when Cyclone 
Ada struck. Two new episodes, 'Cyclone' and 'Assignment In Shute', were 
written around the cyclone and its aftermath.

13. ASSIGNMENT IN SHUTE
Mrs. Holmes.......Janet Kingsbury
Dave McPhie.......Don Crosby
Script.......Joy Cavill
Director.......Lee Robinson
Synopsis: The Endeavour and her crew are assigned to search for a fishing launch sunk during the cyclone. They plunge into a murder mystery when in the cabin they find a man's body with a knife in his back.
Airdate: 10/10/71 (AMV 19/5/71)
Notes: This episode, together with ep. 12 'Cyclone', was especially written following Cyclone Ada. Shute is a harbour town near Proserpine that was particularly hard hit by the storm.

14. THURSDAY GIRL
Melanie.......Nora Tfieng
Script.......Brian Faull
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: A beautiful young girl from Thursday Island stows away on the Endeavour, claiming Jack Meurauki has promised to marry her. Hiding the girl from the captain proves a major problem.
Airdate: 24/10/71 (GLV 19/3/71)

15. NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
Bob Castle.......Lex Mitchell
Hayes.......Lyle Hillway
Script.......Joy Cavill
From an original story by.......Keith Martin
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: 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 important 'catch' is contested with spear guns under the ship as the 
Endeavour crew stumble upon uranium smugglers.
Airdate: 17/10/71 (GLV 23/4/71)

16. WHITE DEATH
Guy Bodel.......Ron Coleman
Script.......Joy Cavill
From an original story by.......Brian Wright
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: 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 seeks revenge in the shark's breeding ground and endangers the lives of the Minus Five divers.
Airdate: 31/10/71 (GLV 26/3/71)

17. ECHOES FROM THE PAST
Script.......Peter Maxwell
Director.......Neill Phillipson
Synopsis: 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, Captain Ted King risks his life to rescue one of his crew trapped in the 
mine field, while mines are breaking loose from the rusted cables and menacing the ship.
Notes: Final Ihab Nafa.
Airdate: 3/10/71 (GLV 2/4/71)

18. A MATTER OF MONEY
Morgan.......Vaughan Tracy
Howard Bell.......Terence Cooper
Captain.......Lyle Hillway
Script.......Brian Faull
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: The Endeavour's attractive new scientist learns a bitter lesson in security when she innocently arranges passage to Townsville for a colleague. Customs officer Morgan and the Minus Five team are held at gunpoint by the passenger who demands the surrender of counterfeit money plates which have been discovered attached to the ship's hull. Notes: First Rowena Wallace as Tracey Deane.
Airdate: 14/11/71 (GLV 21/5/71)

19. SCOTCH ON THE ROCKS
Michael O'Flaherty.......Al Thomas
Hamish McGregor.......Harry Lawrence
Script.......Joy Cavill
From an original story by.......Susan Fuller
Director.......Howard Rubie
Synopsis: 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 beachcomber warns the Minus Five team, who are working to retrieve a new navigational aid from the wreck. The navigational aid must be assessed, for if it is defective it could endanger the other five ships it has been issued to, but their work is hampered by the old Scotsman who is determined to destroy the whisky before it can cause any evil.
Airdate: 28/11/71 (GLV 9/4/71)

20. GOD BLESS HER
Michael O'Leary.......Noel Ferrier
Sgt. Bloxmore.......Lyle Hillway
Script.......John McCallum
From a story by.......Michael Kitchenside
Director.......Howard Rubie
Synopsis: A mad scientist, intent on preserving the Barrier Reef from exploitation, plants explosives aboard the Endeavour as the crew wait to welcome the Britannia during the Royal Visit to Townsville.
Notes: Final Elli Maclure.
Airdate: 21/11/71 (GLV 28/5/71)

21. LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE
Anthony Brooks.......Keith Lee
Sir John Hargreaves.......John Warwick
Miss Hindahara.......Misao Kamijo Molinaro
Script.......Joy Cavill
From an original story by.......Bill Lambert
Director.......Lee Robinson
Synopsis: A Japanese submarine sunk during World War 2; a Shinto burial service; and the unusual interest displayed by a Member of Parliament plunge the Minus Five team into a new mystery on the Barrier Reef.
Airdate: 12/12/71 (GLV 16/4/71)

22. SEA FEVER
Gail Smith.......Judy Morris
Derek Potter.......David Foster
Prof. Barnard.......Peter Carver
Script.......Ron McLean
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: A strange illness threatens the life of three people on the Great Barrier Reef when an old scientist loses control of dangerous research into the effects of radiation on the cycle of marine life.
Airdate: 6/2/72 (GLV 9/7/71)

23. SHARK BAIT
Raymond Clarke.......Tony Ward
Peggy Clarke.......Sue Costin
George.......Reg Gorman
Script.......Ted Roberts
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: 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 a thrashing shark pack attracted by the bait.
Airdate: 23/1/72

24. THE TRIPOD
Hooper.......Peter Reynolds
Lynch.......Alister Smart
Script.......Lee Robinson
From an original story by.......Harry Woollerton
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: 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 system. He sends out a bogus distress signal to lure the Endeavour 
away from the area.
Airdate: 5/3/72 (GLV 2/0/8/71)

25. COCONUT ICE
Dr. Sedgewick.......Ron Haddrick
Script.......Joy Cavill
From an original story by.......Susan Fuller
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: 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 icebergs prove to be real and a threat to shipping. Captain Ted King 
asks the inventor of the icebergs on board the Endeavour to join the team.

26. MOON SHOT
Professor Martin.......Tom Farley
Script.......Lee Robinson
From an original story by.......Neill Phillipson
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: A deadly, radioactive 16½ inch cylinder, released into the sea near the Great Barrier Reef from the crippled spacecraft Apollo 13, must be recovered and contained in a lead box before the whole area becomes a 
graveyard. The assignment is given to the Minus Five team.
Notes: Rowena Wallace does not appear in this episode.
Airdate: 5/2/71 (Premiere)

27. THE SPECKLED STONE FISH
Sgt. Dwyer.......Ben Gabriel
Joe Francis.......Richard Meikle
Script.......John McCallum
Director.......Eric Fullilove
Synopsis: A bizarre attempted murder by the Mafia can only be prevented by a marine biologist and the Minus Five team working together. They must catch a deadly stone fish alive so that an antidote can then be made to 
save the dying man.
Airdate: 12/3/72 (GLV 27/8/71)

28. THE OLD SKIPPER
Capt. Lindstrom.......Eric Reiman
Script.......Ted Roberts
From an original story by.......Douglas Craig
Director.......Eric Fullilove
Synopsis: An ageing sea captain, original skipper of the Endeavour, determines to scuttle the ship so they can die together. Alone with him on the ship, Tracey Deane tries to change his mind.
Airdate: 27/2/72 (GLV 13/8/71)

29. SELL OUT
Slater.......Redmond Philips
Monroe.......Kurt Nischelwitzer
Script.......Brian Faull
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: One of the Minus Five team acts as bait to catch a company official selling classified information about a newly discovered nickel field on the Barrier Reef.
Airdate: 5/12/71 (GLV 14/5/71)

30. BLACK DIAMOND
Mike Stewart.......Malcolm McLeod
Ron Grampian.......Vic Ley
Script.......Joy Cavill
From an original story by.......Valerie Taylor
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: 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 narcosis and tries to give a shark boxing lessons.
Airdate: 30/1/72 (GLV 6/8/71)

31. THE TUNNEL
Script.......Lee Robinson
From an original story by.......David Brogden
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: 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 to rescue him.
Airdate: 9/1/72

32. SANCTUARY CAY
Black.......Tony Bazell
Travis.......Stewart Ginn
Wallace.......Robert Quilter
Script.......Joy Cavill
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: The Minus Five team clash with big business wanting to exploit a tropical island, even though it would mean the extinction of millions of protected seabirds.
Airdate: 2/1/72 (GLV 11/6/71)

33. THE MISSILE
Commander. G. K. Finch.......Terry McDermott
Script.......Lee Robinson
From an original story by.......Harry Woollerton
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: A live missile embedded in the coral reef makes a dangerous proving ground for a celebrated Royal Australian Navy diver who has lost his nerve.
Airdate: 26/12/71 (GLV 16/7/71)

34. HIS MAJESTY REGRETS
Gilda Flemming.......Valerie Taylor
Script.......Ross Napier
From an original story by.......Malcolm McLeod
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: A monster turtle and a blonde diver girl form a strange alliance to frustrate the Minus Five team's latest assignment.
Airdate: 20/2/72 (GLV 23/7/71)

35. VOICES IN THE DEEP
Script.......Brian Faull
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: 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 by strange divers who accuse them of spying.
Airdate: 13/2/72 (GLV 30/7/71)

36. PILGRIMS PROGRESS
Pilgrim.......Willie Fennell
de Vuess.......Owen Weingott
Wilcox.......Lex Mitchell
Script.......Ross Napier
From an original story by.......Fay Adams
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: 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 cable and selling information to a foreign power.
Airdate: 16/1/72 (GLV 25/6/71)

37. OYSTERS NEVER TELL
Charlie Williams.......Chuck Kehoe
Script.......John McCallum
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: The Minus Five team play cops and robbers with a pearl smuggler, and one of the team becomes trapped in an underwater cave.
Airdate: 26/3/72 (GLV 10/9/71)

38. BIRD CAGE
Annette Conway.......Judy McBurney
Alan Conway.......John Bonney
Doug Conway.......David Foster
Script.......Ross Napier
From an original story by.......Harry Woollerton
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: 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 the sea bed, and all available evidence points to attempted murder.
Airdate: 19/3/72 (GLV 3/9/71)

39. THE FENCE
Script.......Brian Faull
From an original story by.......Harry Woollerton
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Synopsis: 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 was laid to warn submarines approaching the Great Barrier Reef.
Airdate: 2/4/72 (GLV 17/9/71)