Danger Bay

*Danger Bay*
Danger Bay
	Danger Bay opening titles
Genre	Adventure
Created by	Paul Saltzman, Peter Dixon
Starring	Donnelly Rhodes ; Susan Walden ; Christopher Crabb ; Ocean Hellman ; Hagan Beggs ; Michele B. Chan
Composer	Don Gillis
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	123 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Paul Saltzman
Production location	Vancouver, British Columbia
Editors	Pia Di Ciaula, Stephen Lawrence
Running time	30 min.
Original release
Network	CBC (Canada); Disney Channel (United States)
Release	8 October 1984 –; 5 March 1990

Danger Bay is a Canadian television series, produced in Vancouver, with first-run episodes broadcast on CBC Television in Canada and The Disney Channel in the United States premiering October 8, 1984.^[1] Reruns of the show continued on The Disney Channel until 1996.^[2]^[3] A total of 123 installments were filmed between 1984 and 1990.^[4] 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. Most episodes focused on environmental issues such as pollution, 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.

Cast

Donnelly Rhodes as Dr. Grant "Doc" Roberts
Susan Walden as J. L. Duval
Christopher Crabb as Jonah Roberts
Ocean Hellman as Nicole Roberts
Hagan Beggs as Dr. George Dunbar
Michele B. Chan as Dr. Donna Chen
Deborah Wakeham as Joyce Carter

Episodes

Streaming

Between 2018 and 2022 the Entire series has been released online on the Canada Media Fund's Encore+ YouTube channel.

References

^ The Disney Channel Magazine, October 1985.
^ The Disney Channel Magazine, Vol. 14, no. 3, June/July 1996: p. 26.
^ The Disney Channel Magazine, Vol. 14, no. 4, August/September 1996: p. 28.
^ Wendy Dallian (13 October 2009). "The VO Talk with VIFF Director Paul Saltzman". Vancouver Observer. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.