The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey
The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey: Season 1

Air Date

December 9, 1979

Episodes

12 episodes

The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey

Season 1

Overview

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.

Episodes

1. The Nile (1)

December 9, 1979

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. The Nile (2)

December 11, 1979

3. Calypso’s Search for Atlantis (1)

June 25, 1980

4. Calypso’s Search for Atlantis (2)

July 2, 1980

5. Time Bomb at Fifty Fathoms

6. Mediterranean: Cradle or Coffin?

May 27, 1979

7. Calypso’s Search for the Britannic

November 22, 1977

8. Diving for Roman Plunder

March 14, 1978

9. Blind Prophets of Easter Island

December 11, 1978

10. Clipperton: The Island Time Forgot

February 25, 1981

11. Lost Relics of the Sea

March 12, 1980

12. Warm-Blooded Sea: Mammals of the Deep

March 17, 1982