TV series · 1988
Captain James Cook
First aired 16 April 1988 Action & Adventure TMDB ↗
Based on Captain James Cook's three voyages. It was on his first voyage, in 1770 (while in the South Pacific region to observe the transit of Venus), that Captain Cook discovered the east coast of Australia. He later recommended Australia as a future British colony. The series was financed by $5 million from Revcom France, $2.25 million from the ABC and the rest from 10BA tax money.
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Keith Michell
as James Cook
Udo Vioff
as Johann Reinhold Forster
John Gregg
as Joseph Banks
John Allen
as Tobias Furneaux
Barry Quin
as Leutnant Hicks
Carol Drinkwater
as Elisabeth Cook
Erich Hallhuber
as Lt. John Gore
Jacques Penot
as Charles Clerke
Peter Carroll
as Dr. Solander
