Main content

Episode 1

In July 1985, the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior, a symbol of peace, suffers a pair of explosions that sink the ship and kill a crew member. The hunt for the perpetrators begins.

In July 1985, the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior, a symbol of peace, has just returned from a visit to Rongelap in the Marshall Islands, whose inhabitants are suffering the horrific effects of nuclear fallout following the 1954 testing of the American H-bomb Bravo – a weapon 1,000 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

The ship travels south to Auckland Harbour, New Zealand, where the crew are to lead a flotilla of boats protesting against French nuclear tests in French Polynesia. But their mission is stopped when two explosions sink the ship, killing a crew member. The hunt for the perpetrators begins.

Available now

43 minutes

Signed Audio described

Last on

Wed 17 May 2023 01:00

More episodes

Previous

You are at the first episode

See all episodes from Murder in the Pacific

Credits

Role Contributor
Executive Producer Caroline Hawkins
Editor Gregg Morgan
Producer Raissa Botterman
Director Chloe Campbell
Composer Raphaelle Thibaut
Production Manager Jennie Baker

Broadcasts

Featured in...