The Cousteau Odyssey (1977)

Name: The Cousteau Odyssey
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 8.4
Cast: Theodore Strauss

Documentary

The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey includes all 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, Jacques's adventures begin with an ambitious expedition (on Cousteau's famous Calypso ship and a seaplane called the Catalina) following the course of the Nile River from Central Africa to the Mediterranean.

IMDb rating: 8.4 (269 votes)
Seasons: 1
Language: FR
Type: TV series

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Cast

Theodore Strauss Narrator

Seasons

Season 1 (1977)

7.29 avg 8 episodes 7.6 → 8.4 60 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Nile: Part I	7.6	13
2	The Nile: Part 2	7.0	8
3	Calypso's Search for Atlantis: Part One	8.1	10
5	Time Bomb at Fifty Fathoms	6.8	5
7	Calypso's Search for the Britannic	7.6	8
9	Blind Prophets of Easter Island	5.4	5
11	Lost Relics of the Sea	7.4	5
12	The Warm Blooded Sea: Mammals of the Deep	8.4	5