Danger Bay (1985)
Danger Bay is a Canadian television series, produced in Vancouver, with first-run episodes broadcast on CBC Television and the Disney Channel starting October 7, 1985. One hundred and twenty three installments were filmed, ending in 1989, but the series, perceived as wholesome and exciting fare for older children and adolescents, continued to be seen through the 1990s in numerous countries around the world. The plots of the episodes followed the exploits of the Roberts family, led by marine veterinarian Grant "Doc" Roberts, and his two children, Nicole and Jonah. The 30-minute episodes featured the Vancouver Aquarium in nearly every installment. Most episodes focused on environmental issues such as pollution, wildlife endangerment and forest preservation. The series was also broadcast in Gibraltar Bulgaria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Iceland, Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago, Finland
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Episode 1 - Stormy Weather
Release Date: 1988-10-03Grant, Nicole and J.L. go on a camping trip, but when Nicole is swept away and injured in the rapids things go from bad to worse.
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Episode 2 - Something New
Release Date: 1988-10-10A change in the family by way of a proposal means that everyone in the soon-to-be-new family must learn to deal with change.
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Episode 3 - The Birdman
Release Date: 1988-10-17While volunteering at a wildfowl sanctuary, Nicole meets an agoraphobic ornithologist whom she must convince to operate on an injured falcon.
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Episode 4 - Second Honeymoon
Release Date: 1988-10-24When Grant contracts the chicken pox, J.L. pledges to nurse him back to health ""for better or for worse."" Meanwhile Nicole and Jonah investigate a large number of fish deaths near a rural river.
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Episode 5 - Harry's Ark
Release Date: 1988-10-31When a monkey given to Nicole goes missing, her and Jonah discover a menagerie of wild animals belonging to a mild-mannered animal lover who rescues unwanted pets. When the city is forced to shut down the man's make-shift shelter, Grant races to save them all from destruction.
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Episode 6 - Blues for Adam
Release Date: 1988-11-07Nicole takes on a job babysitting to earn extra money, but faces quite the challenge in her rebellious blues-loving charge, Adam. When the boy tramples a nest of unhatched geese eggs, the Aquarium staff must work throughout the night to save the goslings' lives.
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Episode 7 - Expert Witness
Release Date: 1988-11-14When his research proposal is inexplicably turned down, Grant resigns from the aquarium and tries to figure out why a power-wielding scientist is trying to blacklist him in the scientific community.
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Episode 8 - After Dark
Release Date: 1988-11-21The Aquarium receives a generous donation of exotic fish and equipment as part of the last will of an eccentric millionaire. While Nicole and Jonah take a group of kids on an overnight expedition to the Aquarium, the millionaire's scheming sons decide to break in to claim what's rightfully theirs.
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Episode 9 - Skywatch
Release Date: 1988-11-28When Nicole and Grant come across an abandoned truck full of toxic waste in the forest, they organize a Skywatch using J.L.'s pilot colleagues to keep an eye out for companies illegally dumping their waste products.
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Episode 10 - Fire Jumper
Release Date: 1988-12-05Jonah attempts to join a forest fire fighting unit as a summer job, but his fear of fire stands in the way. He is forced to put his fears behind him in order to help a little girl stranded in the middle of a raging forest fire.
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Episode 11 - The Rally
Release Date: 1988-12-12Jonah becomes jealous of his girlfriend's seeming interest in his new friend Larry, and his anger comes to a head when the duo join forces for their high school's annual car rally competition.
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Episode 12 - The Return of Sugar Ray
Release Date: 1988-12-19Grant and Jonah tackle a pair of bear poachers on a routine survey of the local population.
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Episode 13 - Racing Against Time
Release Date: 1988-12-26The Roberts family tries to uncover who has been secretly drugging the prize-winning racehorse of one of Nicole's friend's, causing her to loose an important race.
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Episode 14 - Chanda
Release Date: 1989-01-02When Jonah & Nicole witness an elephant become spooked & rampage during a magic show, they bring in Grant to determine what is causing the animal distress. While they try to help her, her original owners scheme to get her back.
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Episode 15 - Where the Buck Stops
Release Date: 1989-01-09Grant goes up against a corporate businessman whom he believes is responsible for a garbage scow leak that caused loads of damage to a local ecosystem; Nicole wages her own battle against the businessman's granddaughter in a student council election.
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Episode 16 - Shaughnessy Island
Release Date: 1989-01-16 -
Episode 17 - Open Book
Release Date: 1989-01-23While doing a school project, Jonah befriends a refugee from Vietnam whose own tragic past is complicated by the bullying and taunting of his prejudiced classmates.
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Episode 18 - Up the Coast
Release Date: 1989-01-30Jonah takes Adam to the open waters to record the sounds of whale communication where they come upon a father & daughter whose inexperience in the outdoors nearly leads to disastrous consequences.
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Episode 19 - One Black Dog
Release Date: 1989-02-06The sudden appearance of a stray dog with apparent powers of premonition fuels the battle between science and the paranormal among the Roberts clan.
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Episode 20 - Before the Mast
Release Date: 1989-02-13Jonah and Nicole enlist aboard a schooner and must prove themselves to its skeptical captain.
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Episode 21 - Murder at the Aquarium
Release Date: 1989-02-20Mayhem abounds at the Aquarium as the staff holds a weekend murder mystery with the staff & their families playing the various roles involved. Added to the mix is an escaped convict who is swept up into the mystery while trying to evade the law.
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Episode 22 - Catch a Falling Star
Release Date: 1989-02-27