The Troubleshooters (1965)
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.
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Episode 1 - Dragon By The Tail
Release Date: 1967-10-13 -
Episode 2 - The Daring Young Man
Release Date: 1967-10-20Find this man and bring him here, Stead orders Thornton. But the man in question is crossing the Sahara Desert!
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Episode 3 - Where The Carpet Ends
Release Date: 1967-10-27Why was Ann Rendell sacked? Izard fights an injustice, but finds himself enmeshed in a sinister operation.
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Episode 4 - Winner Lose All
Release Date: 1967-11-10Thornton faces danger in the international power boat race. But for Mogul there are greater risks on shore.
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Episode 5 - A Nice White Girl - Is She For Sale?
Release Date: 1967-11-17Adesert sheik tries to buy Eileen O'Rourke. But Szabo thinks this is too high a price for an oil concession.
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Episode 6 - Me Know-How
Release Date: 1967-11-24Willy Izard tries to repay a debt to his former boss. But loyalty can cloud a man's judgment - as Willy learns to his cost.
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Episode 7 - And The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Release Date: 1967-12-01 -
Episode 8 - Good Lord, No, It's Illegal
Release Date: 1967-12-08A loan Mogul desperately needs for a new refinery is being blocked by the Bank. Stead thinks that the manager is mentally unbalanced.
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Episode 9 - Thanks For Nothing
Release Date: 1967-12-15Alec Stewart, now chief of the New York office of Mogul, battles with America's oil giants. But has he made a fatal mistake?
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Episode 10 - Rest You Merry
Release Date: 1967-12-22 -
Episode 11 - Who Buys Who?
Release Date: 1967-12-29 -
Episode 12 - The Deeper You Dig
Release Date: 1968-01-05 -
Episode 13 - Kitchener Knew It Well
Release Date: 1968-01-12 -
Episode 14 - The Sharp End Of The Wedge
Release Date: 1968-01-19 -
Episode 15 - Just A Bunch Of Arabs In Kilts
Release Date: 1968-01-26 -
Episode 16 - Not For My Friend - He's Driving
Release Date: 1968-02-09 -
Episode 17 - Stop It, You're Breaking My Heart
Release Date: 1968-02-16 -
Episode 18 - A Girl To Warm Your Feet On
Release Date: 1968-02-23 -
Episode 19 - Give Me The Simple Life
Release Date: 1968-03-01 -
Episode 20 - A Slight Problem With The Press
Release Date: 1968-03-08 -
Episode 21 - Never The Twain
Release Date: 1968-03-15 -
Episode 22 - Cut Off Whose Nose
Release Date: 1968-03-22 -
Episode 23 - The Day The Sea Caught Fire
Release Date: 1968-03-29 -
Episode 24 - The Dispossessed
Release Date: 1968-04-05 -
Episode 25 - The Wrecking Of The Sierra Nevada
Release Date: 1968-04-19 -
Episode 26 - The Minister of the Crown... and the Very Compromising Photograph
Release Date: 1968-05-03