John Elliot
Director
The Troubleshooters (1965)
Season 6
The Troubleshooters is a British television series made by the BBC between 1965 and 1972, created by John Elliot. During its run, the series made the transition from black and white to colour transmissions. The series was based around an international oil company – the "Mogul" of the title. The first series was mostly concerned with the internal politics within the Mogul organisation, with episodes revolving around industrial espionage, internal fraud and negligence almost leading to an accident on a North Sea oil rig.
Released July 7, 1965
Episode 60 min
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Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.oil-industry, imdb.partially-lost-tv-series, imdb.oil-business
Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S6E1 - The Slick And The Dread
Stead is back in his haven, all's right with the world. But his quiet trip to the Caribbean on a Mogul supertanker produces unexpected developments.
May 18, 1970, midnight
S6E2 - A Pig In A Pipe
Stead's visit to a Mogul refinery in Africa causes problems for Peter Thornton. The simple job of organizing a ceremonial event becomes highly dangerous when a sacked engineer threatens to blow up the refinery.
May 25, 1970, midnight
S6E3 - Camelot On A Clear Day
A world famous leprosy hospital lies in the path of Mogul's exploration teams in East Africa. The ageing Dr. Hoffman who runs it is idolised by millions, including Willy Izard, who, with Thronton's help, has to cope with the problems involved.
June 1, 1970, midnight
S6E4 - Who Did You Say Inherits The Earth?
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June 8, 1970, midnight
S6E5 - The Price Of A Bride
What is the price of a bride? When the government of the African state of Manzaya decide to throw out Mogul's manager three men are faced with this question: Ralph Grant, the manager with a South African wife, Jack Robbins, who lives up country with an African girl, and Peter Thornton himself.
June 15, 1970, midnight
S6E6 - Operation Black Gold
What is it like to be captured by dangerous mercenaries in an African civil war? Willy Izard finds out when he replaces Thornton on a trip to Ebon. Mogul's frantic attempts to free him centre on Jane Webb, Stead's former secreatary.
June 22, 1970, midnight
S6E7 - We All Need Experts
When management efficiency experts arrive, rumours of redundancy sweep Mogul's head office.
June 29, 1970, midnight
S6E8 - I'm Glad I'm Just an Oilman...
In the desert water can be just as valuable as oil - and just as explosive, as Peter Thornton finds out to his cost.
July 6, 1970, midnight
S6E9 - Boys And Girls Come Out To Play
The attempts of Stead, Thornton and Izard to pin down a multi-millionaire take them to a health farm, the Cannes Film Festival, a continental casino and a Scottish cattle sale.
July 13, 1970, midnight
S6E10 - The Dangerous Green Impala
Haiti is notorious for its voodoo and its secret police. Stead becomes involved in a desperate and dangerous battle for control of Mogul's local company.
July 20, 1970, midnight
S6E11 - A Truly Exotic Development
Alec Stewart is involved in an explosive situation. Mogul's drilling rig on a Caribbean island has been sabotaged. Stead send Alec's old rival Thornton out to investigate.
July 27, 1970, midnight
S6E12 - That's Africa, Baby
Tribal quarrels, witch doctors, political double-dealing, a drunken hotel-keeper and a mysterious blow-back on a decrepit drilling rig - all hundreds of miles from nowhere in the African bush.
Aug. 3, 1970, midnight
S6E13 - They Shall Not Pass
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Aug. 10, 1970, midnight
S6E14 - Let's See The Colour Of Your Money
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Aug. 17, 1970, midnight
S6E15 - Hey We've Got A Problem Here
Mogul's experiments in shipping oil out of Alaska under the ice in giant submarine tankers have gone well. Now Izard, Stead and Thornton visit their submarine, not in Alaska but in the Caribbean. But even there things can go wrong, as Stead finds out on his first underwater dive.
Aug. 24, 1970, midnight
S6E16 - The Order Of The Good Time
Industry, pollution, overcrowding - Stead is feeling the pressures of them all when he gets to Nova Scotia. Here he finds the perfect site for Mogul's new refinery. But is it perfect? In the peace of a small country hotel, Stead finds time to think.
Aug. 31, 1970, midnight
S6E17 - Injury To The Nation
Stead, Thornton and Izard are on trial tonight. State secrets have been leaked to a foreign power, and the Ministry of defence investigator, Commander Frayne, says the leak must be from one of these three men.
Sept. 7, 1970, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 8160 min.
Released: July 7, 1965
Last Air Date: Jan. 3, 1972, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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