Series synopsis
Danger 5 is an Australian comedy action & adventure television series that premiered on SBS 2 on February 27, 2012. It ended on February 15, 2015. It was created by Dario Russo, David Ashby. It stars David Ashby, Sean James Murphy, Natasa Ristic and Amanda Simons.
Set in a bizarre, 1960's inspired version of World War II, the action comedy series follows the finest group of spies the Allies have to offer on a mission to kill Adolf Hitler.
Premise
Set in a bizarre, 1960's inspired version of World War II, the action comedy series follows the finest group of spies the Allies have to offer on a mission to kill Adolf Hitler.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- David Ashby as Jackson
- Sean James Murphy as Tucker
- Natasa Ristic as Ilsa
- Amanda Simons as Claire
- Pacharo Mzembe as Pierre
- Aldo Mignone as Pierre
- Carmine Russo as Adolf Hitler
- Tilman Vogler as Colonel Chestbridge
Supporting cast
- Fumito Arai as McKenzie
Guest cast
- Craig Behenna as Joseph Goebbels
- Paul Muscat as Emperor Hirohito
- Marlon Shepherdson as Benito Mussolini
- Greg Marsh as Joseph Stalin
- Ben Finn as Heinrich Himmler
- Tim Overton as Reinhard Heydrich
- Peter Raymond Powell as Captain Gibraltar
- Richard Harris as Massimiliano Importante
- Vince Poletto as Juan Perón
- Robert Tompkins as Josef Mengele
- Dan O'Grady as Captain Bramman
- Nathan Cain as Mr. Pedro
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 18 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 5 | November 20, 2011 | December 18, 2011 |
| Season 1 | 6 | February 27, 2012 | April 2, 2012 |
| Season 2 | 7 | January 4, 2015 | February 15, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Diamond Girls (Part 1) Jackson, Pierre and Tucker are deep undercover in Nazi Germany. Armed with guns, poison, plastic explosive and raw patriotism, they plan to end World War II at Hitler's favourite nightspot, the Black Dog. Just as the Big Man shows up in their iron sights, so does his new bullet-proof vest -- made of 24-carat She-Nazis! This is part one of a five part prologue web series. |
November 20, 2011 |
| 2 |
The Diamond Girls (Part 2) In their first mission together as a team, Danger 5 must stop the Nazis from stealing the world's largest holding of black diamonds, which are kept in the Swiss World Bank. Seems like a piece of cake... served with gas and punishment. This is part two of a five part prologue web series. |
November 27, 2011 |
| 3 |
The Diamond Girls (Part 3) Danger 5 have scored themselves a free trip to the Bahamas, but it turns out this holiday package has hidden fees. Looks like Danger 5 will have to make a down payment in bullets. This is part three of a five part prologue web series. |
December 4, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
I Danced for Hitler In the first episode, Danger 5 must find out why Hitler has been abducting the world's national monuments with a squad of zeppelins. Claire poses as a dancer at Hitler's birthday party while Pierre is reunited with a lover from his past. |
February 27, 2012 |
| 2 |
Lizard Soldiers of the Third Reich Nazi dinosaurs are turning up all over the European front, devouring their way through the Allied war effort. Danger 5 heads to Belgium to investigate and has a series of close shaves with a trigger-happy Triceratops and a perverted Nazi Pterodactyl. When Claire traces the dinosaurs to Antarctica, Danger 5 embarks on a journey to the South Pole where they encounter the sinister Dr Mengele. |
March 5, 2012 |
| 3 |
Kill-Men of the Rising Sun Allied Air Support surrounding China is being thrashed by Japanese Zero fighters piloted by robotic super-soldiers and, to make matters worse, Japan itself has completely vanished off the map. Danger 5 sets off in their Danger Fighters to give the Japanese some healthy competition. But even our heroes are no match for the deadly robo-pilots. |
March 12, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Merry Christmas Colonel It's Christmas in the 1980s. Adolf Hitler is alive and has two Yuletide wishes: Danger 5 dead... and the world under his Christmas tree. |
January 4, 2015 |
| 2 |
Johnny Hitler Hitler has infiltrated a high school in the American mid-west in search of a female senior student. His motives are unknown. Danger 5 are forced to go undercover and back to school, where Tucker’s teaching skills are pushed to the limit, Pierre’s coolness is put to the test and Jackson is hunted by a ruby-eyed wolf man with a machine gun and a grudge. |
January 11, 2015 |
| 3 |
Revenge of the Lizardmen Danger 5 are fugitives in Metro City, wrongfully accused of kidnapping high school senior Holly De Palma. Hitler has infiltrated the police and leads the hunt for Danger 5 but little does he know that his own people are working against him: Joseph Mengele and his sinister accomplice Mr. Pedro are plotting a scheme, which involves the return of some scaly prehistoric bad-guys. |
January 18, 2015 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | SBS 2 |
|---|---|
| First aired | February 27, 2012 |
| Last aired | February 15, 2015 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 21:30:00 |