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- DirectorPeter GimbelA feature documentary on a saturation diving expedition in the north Atlantic Ocean.
- DirectorIrwin AllenStarsDon ForbesTheodore von EltzOscar-winning documentary based on Rachel L. Carson's pioneering study of ocean life chronicled in her award-winning and best-selling 1951 book of the same name.
- DirectorLiz WightStarsAndrew WightLiz WightEpisode 8: "WHITE ROCK, BLUE ICE" GLACIERS AND CAVES OF ALASKA: South-East Alaska Explorers Andrew and Liz Wight venture underwater and underground to reveal a side of Alaska few have seen. Braving the freezing temperatures of marble caves, dangerous submerged tunnels and water-filled caverns with huge moving glaciers, the Wights tell the story of Alaska's extraordinarily violent geological past and present.
- DirectorBen VerbongStarsYvonne CatterfeldBenjamin SadlerHarald KrassnitzerEine ambitionierte Studentin versucht, ihr Idol davon zu überzeugen, an sie zu glauben.
- DirectorLiz WightStarsAndrew WightLiz WightEpisode 9: "ALASKA: THE COLD SEA" ENDANGERED MARINE WILDLIFE OF ALASKA South-East Alaska The western world first risked the harshness of Alaska to reap its natural resources. Whale oil, seal and otter furs. The Quest's journey investigates Alaska's wilderness and it's magnificent but endangered wildlife. They work with whale and seal scientists, encounter bears and spawning salmon, coming to realise that is the cold sea, Alaska is one of the richest marine environments in the world.
- DirectorLiz WightStarsAndrew WightLiz WightEPISODE RUNDOWNS Episode 1: "THE BOILING SEA" THE MASS AGGREGATION OF TUNA, SHARKS & WHALES. The Coral Sea (Australia) Each year during the Spring full moon somewhere in the Coral Sea, hundreds of thousands of tuna amass along with whales, sharks and whale sharks, transforming the otherwise tranquil ocean into a boiling sea. Combining the technological capabilities and prowess of the Quest and its team, the Wights, together with a group of fisheries scientists, are able to locate, witness and explain this extraordinary marine phenomenon.
- DirectorLiz WightStarsAndrew WightLiz WightEpisode 4: "SILENT WARRIORS" THE ELITE NAVY DIVERS: Sydney & Shoalwater Bay (Australia) Struggling through miles of knee deep mud, abseiling down sheer precipices, being awakened at midnight and ordered to swim four miles in near freezing waters, disarming underwater explosive devices in little or no visibility. These are just a few of the tasks any young man must endure if he wants to become a member of the navy's elite corps of clearance divers. Andrew and Liz Wight document the progress of 14 Royal Australian Navy recruits subjected to a grueling regime that only the toughest are capable of withstanding.
- DirectorLiz WightStarsAndrew WightLiz WightEpisode 6: "BEYOND THE GLASS" INSIDE, OUT OF THE WORLDS LARGEST AQUARIUM: Sydney and Lord Howe Island (Australia) The Quest team join experts from one of the world's largest aquariums and together they embark upon a fascinating expedition to collect some of the ocean's more unusual creatures. Andrew and Liz become integral players in the capture of a mature female shark, which develops into a race against time to release this awesome creature from the specialised tank aboard their vessel to the safety of the aquarium some seven hours away.
- DirectorLiz WightStarsAndrew WightLiz WightEpisode 5: "CAPE CROCODILE" AN ENCOUNTER WITH SALT & FRESH WATER CROCODILES: Cape York Peninsula (Australia) Andrew and Liz journey to Cape York Peninsula where they embark upon two very different but equally exciting adventures. Andrew and his crew, along with a crocodile expert, venture off into the far reaches of the Jardine River where they capture on film one of the largest saltwater crocodiles ever to be encountered underwater in the wild. Meanwhile, Liz joins a group of scientists pursuing the task of capturing and tagging hundreds of freshwater crocodiles as part of an important ongoing study into the movements and habits of this prehistoric species.
- DirectorLiz WightStarsAndrew WightLiz Wight. Episode 7: "THE LONEY HUNTER" GREAT WHITE SHARKS OF AUSTRALIA South Australia & Victoria (Australia) The film is a chronicle of a journey that visits every known White Shark area on the Southern Australian coast to look for the Great Whites and evidence of it's declining numbers. Along the way the team visit with local experts from Australia, to hear their stories, of a fish that has captivated them and has been the source of a life long passion.
- DirectorLiz WightStarsAndrew WightLiz Wight: "MIRRORWORLD" A JOURNEY THROUGH THE RAINFOREST & REEF: Cape Tribulation, North Queensland (Australia) In a visual celebration and comparison of terrestrial and aquatic creatures, Andrew and Liz venture into the lush rainforest and thriving reef environs surrounding Cape Tribulation. White water rafting her way down the Tully River, Liz delves into the heart of the tropical rainforest whilst Andrew, joined by an internationally renowned marine biologist, explores the world's largest living structure, the Great Barrier Reef. The similarities found between these two environs are astounding.
- DirectorGeoff FitzpatrickClaire MastersStarsAndrew WightEpisode 8 - "Dragons & Giants" The Galapagos Marine Iguana is endemic to the Galapagos Islands and is the only iguana in the world that has fully adapted to a marine habitat. Dr. Martin Wikelski is studying a fascinating phenomenon whereby the iguanas instinctively shrink in body size during adverse environmental conditions; not just in body weight, but bone size and density. By studying these iguanas, Dr. Wikelski hopes that he may discover a future cure for osteoporosis in humans. Along with the abundance of unique wildlife in the Galapagos Archipelago there are also many creatures here on the verge of extinction. Perhaps the most famous resident of these Islands is "Lonesome George". Listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the loneliest animal in the world, "Lonesome George" is in fact the only known survivor of his species - the Pinta Island Giant Tortoise. Using the latest, military infrared camera technology, the Quest's helicopter and a very willing scientist embarked upon a mission to save George and continue this pre-historic species.
- DirectorGeoff FitzpatrickClaire MastersStarsAndrew WightEpisode 3 - "Forbidding Islands" On the uninhabited island of Navassa - west of Haiti, scientists from the Smithsonian Institution have made some remarkable discoveries of creatures never before recorded by science. Dubbed the "New Galapagos of the Caribbean", Navassa proved to be a very tough mission for the Quest team. Struggling with inhospitable terrain which was eventually accessed by the Quest's helicopter, this expedition made many unique discoveries including a new species of venomous spider. Expedition leader Andrew Wight came close to being bitten when trying to capture this hairy, eight-legged beastie from a cave deep in the heart of the island. In contrast to Navassa, the Quest team also researched the islands of Andros and the Dry Tortugas to compare the diversity of life on these, more commonly known Caribbean wildlife refuges.
- DirectorGeoff FitzpatrickClaire MastersStarsAndrew WightEpisode 9 - "Guardians of the Deep" Once a lair for pirates and sailors, the islands of Cocos are a mid-ocean oasis that stand alone in the Eastern Pacific. Luxuriant, interwoven rainforest makes for a breathtaking kaleidoscope of green. Spectacular waterfalls crash and tumble into an aqua ocean - this is the landscape that inspired the film 'Jurassic Park'. This lonely outpost is the largest uninhabited island on earth and is home to an extraordinary abundance of marine creatures that some say is unrivalled on earth. The Quest was drawn to Cocos not by the rumoured riches of buried treasure, but for the islands natural, aquatic treasures. Massive schools of Hammerhead Sharks are Cocos' formidable guardians and these hammerheads host a bizarre dinner party - and willingly place themselves on the menu. They allow themselves to be 'cleaned' or fed upon by smaller feeder fish. This symbiotic relationship helps the hammerheads rid themselves of parasites and provides the smaller fish with a ready meal. Scientists here are studying the island and its sharks to see if the burgeoning tourism industry is having an adverse affect on the schooling behaviour of these guardians of the deep.
- DirectorGeoff FitzpatrickClaire MastersStarsShawn LarkinAndrew WightThe Quest team take the director of Costa Rican Parks to search for the un-filmed Costa Rican spinner dolphins, to inspire Costa Ricans to protect these waters from nets. Guided by a local diver and naturalist, the team finds and swims with a spinner dolphin super-pod in the deep blue offshore pelagic ecosystem and sees a lot more marine life that needs protecting.
- DirectorGeoff FitzpatrickClaire MastersStarsMark CorcoranAndrew WightEpisode 4 - "Predator Island" Across from Miami, Florida lies Bimini Lagoon where a unique shark nursery provides the charismatic and eccentric Dr. Sam Gruber with an ideal environment to study the behavior of immature Lemon Sharks. Dr. Gruber's methods are somewhat unorthodox as he hosts the annual Lemon Shark tagging program. Although more like a shark rodeo-round-up, it afforded both scientists and the Quest team plenty of action in the pursuit of science. Other species of the shark family (elasmobranch - sharks, skates and rays) were also studied at close quarters here and enabled the Quest team to get up close and personal with some very feisty and dangerous Eagle Rays. The Bimini backdrop also permitted the "Shark Doc" to introduce his students to his very practical, hands-on way of teaching; the entire class went shark diving without a cage!
- DirectorBernard Devlin
- DirectorJohn D. LamondStarsGina AllenCount CopernicusHayes GordonA 1970s 'Ozploitation' documentary looking at a random collection of stories from the "dark side" of Australian culture.
- DirectorPeter GimbelJames LipscombStarsTom ChapinPhil ClarksonStuart CodyDocumentary focusing on great white sharks.
- DirectorJohn TaschnerStarsCarole LombardDouglas MacArthurGroucho MarxHistoric and archival footage, old home movies, and beautiful high definition underwater photography brilliantly shot in Hawaii and the Pacific by acclaimed filmmaker John Taschner, who narrates a poignant story and insightful film about the top secret World War II radio missions of his grandfather, and reflects on the ideological threads that bind the filmmaker and his grandfather together across time and oceans.
- DirectorJacques-Yves CousteauLouis MalleStarsFrédéric DumasAlbert FalcoJacques-Yves CousteauA documentary about the undersea explorers and how they penetrate into the underwater world.
- DirectorJacques-Yves CousteauStarsPierre BidaultLouis BidegantChristian BonniciFascinating underwater documentary filmed with hand-held cameras by frogmen and mostly filmed in deep-water seas from within a special designed batiscaff, by the Cousteau family of sea explorers.
- DirectorJacques PerrinJacques CluzaudStarsPierce BrosnanPedro Armendáriz Jr.Jacques PerrinAn ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world.
- StarsMark HallileyPhilippe Cousteau Jr.Lucy BlueOceans is an eight-part documentary series on BBC Two, which seeks to provide a better understanding of the state of the Earth's oceans today, their role in the past, present, and future; and their significance in global terms. Paul Rose also documents some of the scientific observations this team made as a feature for BBC News.
- DirectorMark BrownlowRachel ScottStarsKate WinsletEmbark on a global odyssey to discover the largest and least explored habitat on earth. New ocean science and technology has allowed us to go further into the unknown than we ever thought possible.