The series has been nominated for several awards, including a BAFTA award in 2018 and four AWGIE awards, for writing. In 2017, it won the AWGIE award for best Children's Television for episode, 'Beware the Sentinels', written by Thomas Duncan-Watt.
Synopsis
The series follows the Nekton family, a family of adventurous underwater explorers who live aboard a state-of-the-art submarine, the Aronnax, and explore unknown areas of the Earth's oceans to unravel the mysteries of the depths. The ancestors of the Nekton family died trying to solve the riddle of how to get to the lost city of Lemuria and refused to abandon it. Now, thanks to family friend Nereus, the Nektons know why they are so attracted to solving underwater riddles; because they are the descendants of Lemurians.
Characters
The Nekton family
Antaeus Nekton : Younger Nekton Sibling
Fontaine Nekton : Elder Nekton sibling
Will Nekton : Antaeus and Fontaine's father.
Kaiko Nekton : Antaeus and Fontaine's mother.
Jeffrey is the Nekton's pet Yellowback Basslet fish.
Allies
Professor Fiction : the Nekton's scientific adviser.
Agnes De-Kretser : an archeologist friend of the Nektons.
Captain Hammerhead : Captain of the Dark Orca pirate crew. He is the Father of Smiling Finn and Mad Madeline.
Smiling Finn : Son of Captain Hammerhead and reluctant teen pirate. He has a crush on Fontaine.
Mad Madeline : Daughter of Captain Hammerhead and her father's pride and joy. She loves everything related to being a pirate and hates everything related to Ant and Jeffrey, making her Ant's rival.
Danny Boy : First Mate of the Dark Orca pirate crew. He's terrified of Captain Hammerhead
Proteus : a former member of The Guardians.
Captain Marco is an ally to Proteus. He owns an icebreaker ship called Macintosh.
Captain Hernandez betrayed the world oceans authority and stole a piece of the Ephemicron for Sebastian Conger.
Sebastian Conger tries to capture the Ephemicron with the help of Captain Hernandez. He also stole the last example of a giant tortoise and valuable artworks from a shipwreck.
Alpheus Benthos who says Ant is destined to be his nemesis, he lives on a sub he built with an artificial intelligence.
Others
Dolos: a selfish, snobby researcher who despises children, and who only cares about treasure and his pet octopus.
Devil Daniels : an internet-famous sea explorer that likes to antagonize the Nektons and get in the way of important missions. Daniel often hurts creatures to make them appear aggressive and will do anything to receive fame.
Chadwick : a ship captain who wants to steal from the Nektons.
Hickman : a weapons smuggler.
Matilda Marshall : a kayaker.
Episodes
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Home media
In 2016, ABC signed a deal with DHX Media to secure the Australia DVD rights to The Deep. In Italy, Eagle Pictures will publish the series soon on DVD. In Germany, Just Bridge Entertainment will publish the series soon on DVD. In UK, Abbey Home Media Group will publish the series soon on DVD.
