''Danger Bay'' is a Canadian television series, produced in
Vancouver
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, with first-run episodes broadcast on
CBC Television
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in Canada and
The Disney Channel
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in the United States premiering October 8, 1984. Reruns of the show continued on The Disney Channel until 1996. A total of 123 installments were filmed between 1984 and 1990.
The series was perceived as wholesome, exciting fare for older children and adolescents, and continued to be seen through the 1990s in many countries worldwide.
The series followed the exploits of the Roberts family: marine veterinarian Grant "Doc" Roberts and his children, Nicole and Jonah. Nearly every 30-minute episode featured the
Vancouver Aquarium
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. Most episodes focused on environmental issues such as
pollution
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, wildlife endangerment, and forest preservation.
The series was also broadcast in 68 countries such as Gibraltar (Danger Bay), Bulgaria (Опасният Залив), Ukraine (Затока Небезпеки), Poland (Niebezpieczna zatoka), Czechoslovakia (Nebezpečný záliv, with Slovak dubbing), Iceland (Háskaslóðir, subtitled on state TV channel
RUV), Cuba (Bahía Peligro), Trinidad & Tobago, Estonia (Ohtude Laht, subtitled), Finland (Vaarojen Lahti, subtitled), Sweden (Äventyr i bukten, subtitled on state TV), Germany (Abenteuer in Vancouver), The Netherlands (Dutch subtitles), Belgium (Avonturenbaai), Iran (گارد ساحلی), Iraq (ساحل المخاطر), France (Cap Danger) South Africa (Danger Bay), India (Danger Bay), Spain (Bahía Peligrosa), North Macedonia (Опасниот Залив) and in Venezuela (Bahía Peligro) for television channel
Televen
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.
Cast
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Donnelly Rhodes
Henry Donnelly Rhodes (December 4, 1937 – January 8, 2018) was a Canadian actor, known professionally as Donnelly Rhodes. He had many American television and film credits, probably best known to American audiences as the hapless escaped convic ...
as Dr. Grant "Doc" Roberts
*
Susan Walden
Susan Walden (August 20, 1956 – August 17, 2020) was an American film and television actress.
Early years
Born in Georgia, Walden was the daughter of Buddy and Bette Walden. She began acting while she was a student at Tate High School. Befor ...
as J. L. Duval
* Christopher Crabb as Jonah Roberts
*
Ocean Hellman
Crystal Ocean Supri Heavenly Blue Sky Hellman (born 8 November 1971), known shortly as Ocean Hellman, is a Canadian former actress who began her acting career as a child actress when she was 3 years old. Hellman is best known for her role in the ...
as Nicole Roberts
*
Hagan Beggs
Hagan Beggs (March 19, 1937 – September 16, 2016) was a Northern Irish-born Canadian actor. He was best known for starring as Dr. George Dunbar on the Canadian television series, ''Danger Bay'', which aired on CBC Television and The Disney Cha ...
as Dr. George Dunbar
*
Michele B. Chan as Dr. Donna Chen
* Deborah Wakeham as Joyce Carter
Episodes
Streaming
As of 2018 the Entire series has been released online on the
Canada Media Fund
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's Encore+ YouTube channel.
References
External links
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''Danger Bay'' Yahoo! Group{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409042806/http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/dangerbayers/ , date=2010-04-09
1984 Canadian television series debuts
1990 Canadian television series endings
CBC Television original programming
Disney Channel original programming
Television shows filmed in Vancouver
Television shows set in Vancouver
1980s Canadian drama television series
1990s Canadian drama television series
Environmental television
Nautical television series