''The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy'' is a 1988 Australian-New Zealand mini series based on the

Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior The sinking of ''Rainbow Warrior'', codenamed Opération Satanique, was a bombing operation by the "action" branch of the French foreign intelligence agency, the Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE), carried out on 10 July 1985. Du ...

.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford University Press, 1996 p225 It was written by David Phillips, and directed by Chris Thomson, and stars

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, Brad Davis and

Germain Houde Germain Houde (born December 14, 1952) is a Quebec Genie Award-winning actor. He is predisposed by his physique to playing tough-guy parts; his screen characters have ranged from cruel criminals to corrupt policemen. A graduate of the Conservatoi ...

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From 1978 to 1985, the '' Rainbow Warrior'' was the

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of the

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fleet, active in supporting a number of anti-

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, anti-

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, anti-

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and anti-nuclear waste dumping campaigns, during that period. In 1985 it was at the

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on its way to a protest against a planned French

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. It was sunk by a bombing operation by the "action" branch of the French foreign

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s, the ''Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure'' (

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), carried out on 10 July 1985.

Fernando Pereira Fernando Pereira (10 May 1950 – 10 July 1985) was a freelance Portuguese-Dutch photographer, who drowned when French intelligence (DGSE) Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, detonated a bomb and sank the ''Rainbow Warrior'', owned by the environme ...

, a photographer, drowned on the sinking ship.

Cast

as Stuart Irvine * Brad Davis as Neil Travers *

Alain Mafart Alain Mafart (born 1951) is a French military officer best known for his part in the Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, bombing of the Rainbow Warrior. Mafart was a DGSE agent and deputy commander of the DGSE Training Centre in Corsica. He supporte ...

* Louise Laparé as

Dominique Prieur Dominique Prieur (born 1949) is a French military officer who was convicted of manslaughter over her part in the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior. Biography Prieur joined the military in 1974 and was recruited as a secret agent in August 1977. ...

* Peter Carroll as

Louis-Pierre Dillais Louis-Pierre Dillais is a French businessman. He acknowledged his involvement with the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, sinking of the ''Rainbow Warrior'' in an interview with New Zealand State broadcaster Television New Zealand, TVNZ in 2005. Admir ...

Guy Thauvette Guy Thauvette (born March 19, 1944) is a Canadian actor from Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec, Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec. He is most noted for his performance in the film ''Infiltration (2017 film), Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration)'', for ...

as Manignet *

Bruno Lawrence David Charles Lawrence (12 February 194110 June 1995) known as Bruno Lawrence was an English-born musician and actor, who was active in the industry in New Zealand and Australia. Initially notable as a musician and founder of 1970s ensemble Bl ...

as Terry Batchelor *

Christian Manon Christian Manon (born 5 January 1950) is a French-Australian actor based in Sydney, best known for his work in theatre. His most notable film role was Mael in the film adaptation of the Anne Rice novel, ''Queen of the Damned''. Credits Manon i ...

as French Priest *

Alex Menglet Alex Menglet, born ''Alexei Menglet'' in Moscow USSR in 1956, is an actor who has found success working in Australia. Career Menglet is best known for his roles as chef Ray "Gay Ray" Proctor in the 1984 season of ''Prisoner'' and more recently ...

as Velche * Gary Day

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