The Operatives
The Operatives is an eight part series that follows famed eco-warrior Pete Bethune and his team of hand-picked military elite. With the latest technical equipment and life-threatening missions, the team travels through Africa and Central America hoping to capture, prosecute and expose the environmental criminals who are destroying our world. There is no absence of challenges during the campaign. Boats are sabotaged, equipment is smashed and the team is crippled by an injury toll which leaves only a few left standing. It's 'James Bond' meets 'Captain Planet' as the world's most hard-core team of conservationists start their inaugural campaign.
- 2014-2015
- 2 seasons
- Pivot TV
- Reality
The Operatives is an eight part series that follows famed eco-warrior Pete Bethune and his team of hand-picked military elite. With the latest technical equipment and life-threatening missions, the team travels through Africa and Central America hoping to capture, prosecute and expose the environmental criminals who are destroying our world. There is no absence of challenges during the campaign. Boats are sabotaged, equipment is smashed and the team is crippled by an injury toll which leaves only a few left standing. It's 'James Bond' meets 'Captain Planet' as the world's most hard-core team of conservationists start their inaugural campaign.
Season 2 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2015
Episode 1
Turtle Trader Takedown
41 mins
The team is hot on the heels of a criminal gang smuggling forest turtles from the Philippines to China. Catching them with the turtles however proves much more challenging than the team ever envisaged.
Episode 2
Lawless Loggers Part 1
42 mins
Phil and Tim try entering an Indonesian National Park where illegal logging is thought to be happening. Yet the mission is almost over before it has begun when corrupt Police Officials arrive on the scene.
Episode 3
Lawless Loggers Part 2
39 mins
Pete and Stéphane enter Sembilang National Park in Indonesia following a hunch about illegal logs. The swamp, mosquitoes and humidity grind the 2 down. Then they run out of water. They are about to give up when they hear chainsaws off in the distance.
Episode 4
The Dolphin Rescue
42 mins
The team learns of a dolphin that was captured and held illegally in an Island Resort in Asia. They decide the break the dolphin out and release it, but the mission seems destined to fail.
Episode 5
Last of the Rhinos
42 mins
Pete, Matt an Tim head into a remote Jungle in Sumatra where Rhino Poachers are active. Finding them in such a massive jungle though is like finding a needle in a haystack.
Episode 6
Smuggler Stakeout Part 1
42 mins
Stéphane and Phil have a smuggling operation under surveillance, while Pete, Matt and Tim are chasing Turtle Poachers in the North. They stumble over a vessel suspected of smuggling wildlife to China, and it becomes an all-out effort to get a tracker on it before it leaves port.
Episode 7
Smuggler Stakeout Part 2
42 mins
The team have a Warehouse in the Philippines under surveillance, and it soon becomes apparent they are smuggling endangered wildlife. Getting a search warrant however is no easy task, let alone busting the Chinese Nationals running the Operation.
Episode 8
Sea of Cyanide
42 mins
Phil and Stéphane chase Cyanide Fishermen on Palawan, while Pate, Matt and Tim head North of Manila in search of dynamite fishermen. Both teams struggle getting intelligence in what becomes an increasingly frustrating mission.
Episode 9
Tiger Island
42 mins
Bethune gets intelligence on a remote Island rumored to have a lost population of tigers. The uninhabited Island however has recently come under Chinese rule and they are determined to keep foreigners away.
Episode 10
Standoff in the Sea
42 mins
The team heads out into the South China Sea, and into the middle of a Political standoff between the Philippines and China over the Spratly Islands. They also discover a fleet of vessels fishing illegally, and decide to go after them.