The Nekton family meet new friends, foes and creatures huge and small as their amazing undersea adventures finally bringe them a glimpse of Lemuria!
The Deep - Series 3
The Nekton family's amazing underwater adventures continue with new friends and familiar foes. The Dark Orca Pirates return with new tech, and Devil Daniels and Dolos are up to their old tricks. Meanwhile the Nektons encounter amazing undersea creatures like never before - big small and HUGE. Friendly manatees, mysterious 'sea unicorns', giant puffer fish, a deadly 'purple tide', an enormous jellfish, and an internet-breaking monster - all of these and more await Ant, Fontaine, Kaiko, Wil - and Jeffrey, of course! - as they investigate the tantalizing mysteries of the deep. The stakes are higher than ever as they come face to face with more and more Monumentials - the vast, ancient, dangerous leviathans awakening all over the globe. And it all points to one place: the legendary civilization of Lemuria. When the Nektons unlock the secret and get a glimpse into the lost city, it seems their search is finally at an end... but it is only just beginning.
In this series
The Deep - Series 1 (2015)
The Deep follows the adventures of the Nekton family - a brilliant team of underwater explorers. With state-of-the-art technology and an unquenchable thirst for discovery, the Nektons explore the mysterious depths of the ocean, where most of our world lies unexplored and unexplained.
The Deep - Series 2 (2017)
More startling, undiscovered sea creatures, more pirates and more adventures await the Nektons as they continue their search for Lemuria.
The Deep - Series 4 (2022)
New evidence shows the Nekton’s missing grandparents could still be alive! The family’s search for them will take them all over the amazing undersea world!
Episodes
Episode 1 The Treasure
The pirates and the Nektons fight over a Lemurian shipwreck. The pirates escape with a treasure chest, but don't realize it contains a bioluminescent organism that will awaken a fearsome Monumential when the chest is opened! It could destroy them all!
Episode 2 Off-Line
A broken undersea internet cable means Ant and Fontaine's internet is cut! Ant and Fontaine fix the cable, but find its energy is annoying a giant sea monster that is intent on wrecking it all over again! Can they save the cable - and the creature?
Episode 3 Friends In Deep Places
While exploring an underwater cave, Jess Gorman goes missing. Ant and Fontaine try to rescue her. When they too get into difficulties, a mother and baby manatee come to help them. But an undersea volcano threatens them all!
Episode 4 Just Eaten
The Aronnax and Alpheus' sub are trapped within a giant Jellyfish Monumential! The Nektons try to rescue Alpheus, but he will not leave his artificial intelligence, ARIA. Ant finds the truth about their relationship as he too fights to save her.
Episode 5 Family Ties
"Devil Daniels: Whale Relocator" insists he's relocating a dangerous killer whale. The Nektons, however, uncover a new scam of his and this scam puts Ant and the friendly killer whale in danger. It's a battle against time to save them both!
Episode 6 The Circle Game
The Nektons find an amazing, huge crop circle underwater! It's made by a giant male puffer fish to attract a mate! Ant decides to help the romance along. But the Dark Orca Pirates are bound to ruin Ant's plans by destroying this work of art.
Episode 7 The Unicorn
Ant tires to locate a 'diamond-horned sea-unicorn' as a present for Fontaine's birthday. But Dolos and Devil Daniels are also hunting it. Ant realizes this creature from Fontaine's childhood is actually a narwhal! Can he find it before the others?
Episode 8 Purple Tide
Glaucus enlists the Nektons to save his island home from a 'Purple Tide' that legend says will destroy his island. Their only hope seems to be to find 'The Protector' - an equally legendary statue. But can a statue really save an island? And how?
Episode 9 The Race
Ant wants to go faster than the fastest fish in the sea - the sailfish. But when the race leads to dumped oil, the fish become severely sick. The dumper is Dolos, and the Nektons now must find a way to stop him before more fish are affected.
Episode 10 Kidnapped
Jeffrey is kidnapped in his 'Jeffrey Knight' by Dark Orca pirates, who want to steal the Knight's tech for themselves. The Nektons try to mount a rescue mission but time is running out - can Jeffrey turn the tables on the pirates and save himself?
Episode 11 More Thunder & Lightning
Why is the Electric Ray Monumential heading straight towards 'The Gates' where the Kraken dwells? Are they working together? The Nektons open the gates and, avoiding the Kraken, search within. They're stunned to find a city here! Ancient Lemuria!
Episode 12 Lemuria
The Nektons explore Lemuria but Fontaine realizes the others are acting very strangely. They're affected by a dangerous algae growing here. Fontaine must find an antidote - while Nereus suddenly believes he's the brother of the original Queen!
Episode 13 The Sceptre
The Nektons find the Queen's sceptre - and the power to put Monumentials back to sleep. But they're faced with both the Kraken and the Electric Ray Monumential together! And Ant has no idea how to activate this sceptre!
Running Time
13 x 22 minutes
Production Company
A Stark Productions
Language
Engligh
Genre
Adventure
Animation
Science Fiction
Notes:
The ACTF has AU/NZ distribution rights only.