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The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey

Season 1

1979 · 12 episodes

The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey includes 12 episodes of the 1978 television series featuring the research adventures of Cousteau, a celebrated documentarian and public conscience of mankind's stewardship of our oceans. Alongside his son Philippe Cousteau.

  1. 1. The Nile (1)

    1979-12-09

    Flowing 4,000 miles from Central Africa to the Mediterranean, the Nile River has long exerted a mystical influence on man's imagination - and the dreams of explorers such as Jacques and Philippe Cousteau. In this breathtaking journey, the Cousteaus embark on a daring 10-month expedition along the entire course of the world's largest river, capturing on film the Nile's astonishing natural beauties, menacing dangers, primitive cultures and animal sanctuaries.

  2. 2. The Nile (2)

    1979-12-11

  3. 3. Calypso’s Search for Atlantis (1)

    1980-06-25

  4. 4. Calypso’s Search for Atlantis (2)

    1980-07-02

  5. 5. Time Bomb at Fifty Fathoms

  6. 6. Mediterranean: Cradle or Coffin?

    1979-05-27

  7. 7. Calypso’s Search for the Britannic

    1977-11-22

  8. 8. Diving for Roman Plunder

    1978-03-14

  9. 9. Blind Prophets of Easter Island

    1978-12-11

  10. 10. Clipperton: The Island Time Forgot

    1981-02-25

  11. 11. Lost Relics of the Sea

    1980-03-12

  12. 12. Warm-Blooded Sea: Mammals of the Deep

    1982-03-17

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