Oil Strike North (1975)
Synopsis
Oil Strike North is a BBC television drama series produced in 1975. The series was created and produced by Gerard Glaister and dealt with life on Nelson One, a North Sea oil rig owned by the fictional company Triumph Oil. Eschewing the corporate power struggles of Mogul / The Troubleshooters and concentrating on more personal storylines, Oil Strike North was essentially a character study of how workers faced life on the rig and the impact it had on the lives of their families and loved ones. The scenario was later revived by the BBC for the mid-1990s drama Roughnecks. Oil Strike North lasted for one series of thirteen episodes. The leading cast members included Nigel Davenport, Glyn Owen, Barbara Shelley, Angela Douglas, Andrew Robertson, Richard Hurndall, Sean Caffrey and Maurice Roëves. Gerard Glaister later moved onto to produce the Second World War resistance drama Secret Army, the air freight series Buccaneer and then onto the boating soap serial Howards' Way. Two of the leading actors in Oil Strike North, Nigel Davenport and Glyn Owen, also later appeared in Howards' Way.
First Air Date: 1975-08-26
Last Air Date: 1975-11-18
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 13
Created By: Gerard Glaister
Networks: BBC One
Top Cast
- Nigel Davenport as N/A
- Michael Witney as N/A
- Angela Douglas as N/A
- Richard Hurndall as N/A
- Barbara Shelley as N/A
- Glyn Owen as N/A
- Andrew Robertson as N/A
- Maurice Roëves as N/A
- Noel Johnson as N/A
- Jon Glover as N/A
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Season 1 (1975)
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Ep. 1: Deadline
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Ep. 2: Quiet Day
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Ep. 3: Storm Clouds
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Ep. 4: First Lion
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Ep. 5: The Decision
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Ep. 6: The Floating Bomb
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Ep. 7: It Depends Where You Stand
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Ep. 8: Shore Leave
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Ep. 9: Workhorse
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Ep. 10: Time of Hazard
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Ep. 11: Headhunters
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Ep. 12: The Fatal Hours: Part 1
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Ep. 13: The Fatal Hours: Part 2
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