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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 - Is That Tiger, Man?
Release Date: 1966-04-30 -
Episode 2 - When You Gotta Go
Release Date: 1966-05-07 -
Episode 3 - Thea
Release Date: 1966-05-14 -
Episode 4 - If You Can't Lick 'Em
Release Date: 1966-05-21 -
Episode 5 - This Is Where I Came In
Release Date: 1966-05-28 -
Episode 6 - Birdstrike
Release Date: 1966-06-04 -
Episode 7 - The Fires of Hell
Release Date: 1966-06-11 -
Episode 8 - Wingless Wonder
Release Date: 1966-06-18 -
Episode 9 - Cablegrams Come Expensive
Release Date: 1966-06-25 -
Episode 10 - Operation Saigon
Release Date: 1966-07-02A bomb explodes as Stewart arrives at Saigon Airport. Soon he becomes heavily involved in the conflicts of a warring people.
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Episode 11 - Baptism of Fire
Release Date: 1966-07-09 -
Episode 12 - Join the Club
Release Date: 1966-07-16Trouble boils up for Stead during a cross-country car rally. Izard has to put his personal life before Mogul
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Episode 13 - Do Your Best For The Lads
Release Date: 1966-07-23The building of a new super tanker for Mogul in a Tees-side shipyard becomes a seven milion pound headache for Thornton.
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Episode 14 - Someone's Head Has To Roll
Release Date: 1966-07-30Izard faces a desperate threat to his position at Mogul. As usual he views the crisis with amused detachment - although this may be just a protective front.
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Episode 15 - Troubled Waters
Release Date: 1966-08-06Thornton faces great danger when a hurricane strikes Mogul's new Caribbean drilling rig.
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Episode 16 - What's Yours Is Mine
Release Date: 1966-08-13Stead faces a crisis when an African state seizes a Mogul refinery.
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Episode 17 - The Bigger They Are
Release Date: 1966-08-20 -
Episode 18 - Some Wet Night In Sauchiehall Street
Release Date: 1966-08-27Professional and personal conflicts have broken out between two Scots engineers at one of Mogul's pumping stations in North Africa. Glaswegian MacCallum and Garvie from Edinburgh have presented totally different schemes for re-equipping the station and their conflict has now reached the point where Stead has to send out Thornton to arbitrate.
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Episode 19 - Error of Judgement
Release Date: 1966-09-03A joy-ride becomes a nightmare for Alec Stewart, driving through France in an international rally.
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Episode 20 - They're Probably Drilling For Oil
Release Date: 1966-09-10Trapped in the Arctic wastes of Spitsbergen, one mistake could cost Peter Thornton his life.
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Episode 21 - A Run For Their Money
Release Date: 1966-09-17There is strong local opposition to Mogul's plan to build a thirty million pound refinery on the west coast of Wales.
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Episode 22 - Happy Landings
Release Date: 1966-09-24Trouble flares for Alec Stewart when a hero from his past intrudes on his present.
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Episode 23 - There's Nothing Like The Great Outdoors
Release Date: 1966-10-01Looking for a new drilling site, a survey team has been working in Northern Ontario for two years in vain. Time is running short and Thornton is sent out to hurry things along. He finds himself in an explosive sitaution.
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Episode 24 - Out Of Your Evil Dream
Release Date: 1966-10-08Is Mogul's new chemical crop spray a killer? Stewart must judge when a scientist rebels.
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Episode 25 - Four Cheers For Geoffrey
Release Date: 1966-10-15Blackmailer, fraudster, agitator - or brilliant young exceutive? Finding out the truth about Brady is one of Thornton's toughest assignments.
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Episode 26 - No Such Thing As Luck
Release Date: 1966-10-22Mogul is the only major oil company which has so far failed to strike gas in the North Sea. Bad weather has put all the drilling rigs out of action and the company is in danger of having to forfeit its concession. Stead orders an all-out effort and puts Stewart and Thornton in charge.