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Season 7, 15 episodes

Episode 1: Pie In The Sea (1)
- Now playing
- 49m
- Sep 13, 1971
A big oil discovery in Norwegian waters sets off a fierce battle inside Mogul. Brian Stead wants to pipe the oil to Britain, but chairman Sir Charles Bliss and James Langley, the English head of Mogul Scandinavia, favour bringing it into Europe through Langley's territory by tanker. Peter Thornton goes to assess Langley's scheme, and Stead finds he dislikes both the man and his ideas.
Episode 2: Pie In The Sea (2)
- 50m
- Sep 20, 1971
James Langley takes up his new appointment as deputy chairman, and his feud with Brian Stead over how to bring the Norwegian oil ashore continues. Willy Izard, at odds with Stead, considers resigning. Meanwhile Peter Thornton takes on Kirsten Hansen, who lost her brother in the rig accident, as his assistant in London, and events in the North Sea could change the balance of the argument.
Episode 3: It's Thumbs Down For You Pizarro!
- 49m
- Sep 27, 1971
Mogul has committed £60 million to drilling at two sites in Peru, and when Ica yields oil the company wants to drop Lake Titicaca and renegotiate, but the Peruvian government proves difficult. At Ica, Peter Thornton clashes with archaeologist Maria Santiago, who objects to his plan to route a pipeline along an ancient Indian watercourse, and when Willy Izard leaves, James Langley takes over the talks.
Episode 4: In The Shade Of The Old Oak Tree
- 50m
- Oct 11, 1971
Mogul finds what appears to be a single large oilfield beneath the Bay of Biscay, straddling French and Spanish waters. On the road to San Sebastián, James Langley and Peter Thornton are ambushed, and Langley is taken to a hideout in the Pyrenees by Basque nationalists, who will free him only if Mogul recognises Basque claims to the oil and negotiates with the exiled Basque government.
Episode 5: The Bent Bonanza
- 49m
- Oct 18, 1971
Because of a computer mistake, it appears that a Mogul subsidiary has found vast nickel deposits in Australia's Gibson Desert, and the shares react. Willy Izard flies out to protect Mogul's financial reputation, with Peter Thornton checking the geology in case the nickel is real and ambitious new recruit Paddy Hedgewood sent along simply to keep her at a distance. In the desert they meet an old miner who claims the land is his.
Episode 6: A Touch Of The Nelsons
- 48m
- Oct 25, 1971
Peter Thornton is aboard the aircraft carrier Ark Royal for trials of Mogul's latest aviation fuel when a Mogul supertanker not far away is sunk by an explosion. The Royal Navy mounts a rescue search from the carrier, and Thornton finds the new fuel being tested under far more dangerous conditions than anyone had planned.
Episode 7: The One With The Waggly Tail
- 49m
- Nov 1, 1971
James Langley asks Willy Izard to lead the European oil companies' delegation at talks in Mexico City, where Zenith dominates the Latin American market and refuses to negotiate. As the intrigue mounts, Peter Thornton brings word that Zenith is quietly negotiating a private arrangement with another member of the group, and Izard turns for help to an old flame, Lita Perez, who has influential friends.
Episode 8: Shangri-La And All That Jazz
- 50m
- Nov 8, 1971
Island politician Bonaparte Paroa offers Mogul the chance to drill off his home in French Polynesia and offers a promising seismic survey, but when Peter Thornton arrives he finds Paroa in prison, albeit in great comfort. Thornton suspects the politician is using Mogul in his campaign for independence from France, while in Paris James Langley discovers that the French government is trying to use Mogul against Paroa.
Episode 9: Monopoly With Real Money
- 49m
- Nov 15, 1971
Willy Izard, now Mogul's finance director, faces a severe test when Brian Stead and James Langley both demand large sums for new projects at very short notice. The episode follows Izard into the realities of corporate finance as he works to find the money from bankers and investors without compromising Mogul's position.
Episode 10: Personally I Think He Looks Like Me
- 45m
- Nov 22, 1971
Mogul and its French partner, Huile France, are drilling in Corsica, but trouble in Algeria leads the French to seek changes to the agreement that would leave Mogul with more work and more risk. Peter Thornton and Willy Izard take on the talks with Huile France and soon begin to suspect that their partners are not dealing with them honestly.
Episode 11: Pretend It Never Happened
- 50m
- Nov 29, 1971
Willy Izard and his wife Joan, recovering from a breakdown, head for a campsite in the south of France hoping a simple life will help mend their marriage. Their holiday is soon disturbed, first by Mallin, a lonely man in the neighbouring tent recently deserted by his wife, and then by the arrival of James Langley and Peter Thornton for a confidential meeting about a Middle East agreement.
Episode 12: Weekends Are For Taking Off
- 50m
- Dec 6, 1971
Brian Stead and James Langley try to enjoy a quiet weekend with their families while thrashing out a problem in Bahrain. Stead learns that his daughter and her RAF husband, Tom Hart, may soon move to the United States with the grandchildren, while Langley and his wife Britte wait anxiously to hear whether an adoption society will approve them as parents.
Episode 13: Tapu
- 49m
- Dec 13, 1971
Mogul's gas pipeline across New Zealand's North Island halts at the edge of Maori land regarded as tapu, or sacred. The chief, a former Mogul toolpusher, has given his consent, but many of his people resent it, and after an explosion wrecks the pipeline, work comes to a halt. Peter Thornton is caught in the middle of the dispute, which also divides the chief and his daughter Kiri, and James Langley flies in to assist.
Episode 14: We And Them
- 50m
- Dec 20, 1971
A pay claim at a Mogul petrochemical plant divides the company's leadership. Brian Stead wants to settle quickly, while James Langley sees a chance to try out his fresh thinking on industrial relations. When Langley is called away after his wife is badly hurt in a car accident, Willy Izard steps in, and Stead's opposition hardens.
Episode 15: Whatever Became Of The Year 2000?
- 50m
- Jan 3, 1972
Spending a weekend at Lord Hawkcombe's country house, Brian Stead is offered the use of Hawkcombe's Hebridean island as a test site for a new Mogul rocket fuel. Peter Thornton visits the island and finds a hippie colony living there by informal arrangement with the bailiff, who are determined to fight for their home. Meanwhile Stead is much taken with Hawkcombe's sister, Lady Diana Embersham.

The Troubleshooters

1965 to 1972
7 seasons
1h per episode
Drama

7.3TMDB(3)

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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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Ran for 7 seasons and 136 episodes (1965 to 1972)
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Created by: John Elliot
Status: Ended
Seasons: 7
Episodes: 136
First aired: July 7, 1965
Last aired: January 3, 1972
Original language: English
Countries: GB

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Episodes

Season 7, 15 episodes

Episode 1: Pie In The Sea (1)
- Now playing
- 49m
- Sep 13, 1971
A big oil discovery in Norwegian waters sets off a fierce battle inside Mogul. Brian Stead wants to pipe the oil to Britain, but chairman Sir Charles Bliss and James Langley, the English head of Mogul Scandinavia, favour bringing it into Europe through Langley's territory by tanker. Peter Thornton goes to assess Langley's scheme, and Stead finds he dislikes both the man and his ideas.
Episode 2: Pie In The Sea (2)
- 50m
- Sep 20, 1971
James Langley takes up his new appointment as deputy chairman, and his feud with Brian Stead over how to bring the Norwegian oil ashore continues. Willy Izard, at odds with Stead, considers resigning. Meanwhile Peter Thornton takes on Kirsten Hansen, who lost her brother in the rig accident, as his assistant in London, and events in the North Sea could change the balance of the argument.
Episode 3: It's Thumbs Down For You Pizarro!
- 49m
- Sep 27, 1971
Mogul has committed £60 million to drilling at two sites in Peru, and when Ica yields oil the company wants to drop Lake Titicaca and renegotiate, but the Peruvian government proves difficult. At Ica, Peter Thornton clashes with archaeologist Maria Santiago, who objects to his plan to route a pipeline along an ancient Indian watercourse, and when Willy Izard leaves, James Langley takes over the talks.
Episode 4: In The Shade Of The Old Oak Tree
- 50m
- Oct 11, 1971
Mogul finds what appears to be a single large oilfield beneath the Bay of Biscay, straddling French and Spanish waters. On the road to San Sebastián, James Langley and Peter Thornton are ambushed, and Langley is taken to a hideout in the Pyrenees by Basque nationalists, who will free him only if Mogul recognises Basque claims to the oil and negotiates with the exiled Basque government.
Episode 5: The Bent Bonanza
- 49m
- Oct 18, 1971
Because of a computer mistake, it appears that a Mogul subsidiary has found vast nickel deposits in Australia's Gibson Desert, and the shares react. Willy Izard flies out to protect Mogul's financial reputation, with Peter Thornton checking the geology in case the nickel is real and ambitious new recruit Paddy Hedgewood sent along simply to keep her at a distance. In the desert they meet an old miner who claims the land is his.
Episode 6: A Touch Of The Nelsons
- 48m
- Oct 25, 1971
Peter Thornton is aboard the aircraft carrier Ark Royal for trials of Mogul's latest aviation fuel when a Mogul supertanker not far away is sunk by an explosion. The Royal Navy mounts a rescue search from the carrier, and Thornton finds the new fuel being tested under far more dangerous conditions than anyone had planned.
Episode 7: The One With The Waggly Tail
- 49m
- Nov 1, 1971
James Langley asks Willy Izard to lead the European oil companies' delegation at talks in Mexico City, where Zenith dominates the Latin American market and refuses to negotiate. As the intrigue mounts, Peter Thornton brings word that Zenith is quietly negotiating a private arrangement with another member of the group, and Izard turns for help to an old flame, Lita Perez, who has influential friends.
Episode 8: Shangri-La And All That Jazz
- 50m
- Nov 8, 1971
Island politician Bonaparte Paroa offers Mogul the chance to drill off his home in French Polynesia and offers a promising seismic survey, but when Peter Thornton arrives he finds Paroa in prison, albeit in great comfort. Thornton suspects the politician is using Mogul in his campaign for independence from France, while in Paris James Langley discovers that the French government is trying to use Mogul against Paroa.
Episode 9: Monopoly With Real Money
- 49m
- Nov 15, 1971
Willy Izard, now Mogul's finance director, faces a severe test when Brian Stead and James Langley both demand large sums for new projects at very short notice. The episode follows Izard into the realities of corporate finance as he works to find the money from bankers and investors without compromising Mogul's position.
Episode 10: Personally I Think He Looks Like Me
- 45m
- Nov 22, 1971
Mogul and its French partner, Huile France, are drilling in Corsica, but trouble in Algeria leads the French to seek changes to the agreement that would leave Mogul with more work and more risk. Peter Thornton and Willy Izard take on the talks with Huile France and soon begin to suspect that their partners are not dealing with them honestly.
Episode 11: Pretend It Never Happened
- 50m
- Nov 29, 1971
Willy Izard and his wife Joan, recovering from a breakdown, head for a campsite in the south of France hoping a simple life will help mend their marriage. Their holiday is soon disturbed, first by Mallin, a lonely man in the neighbouring tent recently deserted by his wife, and then by the arrival of James Langley and Peter Thornton for a confidential meeting about a Middle East agreement.
Episode 12: Weekends Are For Taking Off
- 50m
- Dec 6, 1971
Brian Stead and James Langley try to enjoy a quiet weekend with their families while thrashing out a problem in Bahrain. Stead learns that his daughter and her RAF husband, Tom Hart, may soon move to the United States with the grandchildren, while Langley and his wife Britte wait anxiously to hear whether an adoption society will approve them as parents.
Episode 13: Tapu
- 49m
- Dec 13, 1971
Mogul's gas pipeline across New Zealand's North Island halts at the edge of Maori land regarded as tapu, or sacred. The chief, a former Mogul toolpusher, has given his consent, but many of his people resent it, and after an explosion wrecks the pipeline, work comes to a halt. Peter Thornton is caught in the middle of the dispute, which also divides the chief and his daughter Kiri, and James Langley flies in to assist.
Episode 14: We And Them
- 50m
- Dec 20, 1971
A pay claim at a Mogul petrochemical plant divides the company's leadership. Brian Stead wants to settle quickly, while James Langley sees a chance to try out his fresh thinking on industrial relations. When Langley is called away after his wife is badly hurt in a car accident, Willy Izard steps in, and Stead's opposition hardens.
Episode 15: Whatever Became Of The Year 2000?
- 50m
- Jan 3, 1972
Spending a weekend at Lord Hawkcombe's country house, Brian Stead is offered the use of Hawkcombe's Hebridean island as a test site for a new Mogul rocket fuel. Peter Thornton visits the island and finds a hippie colony living there by informal arrangement with the bailiff, who are determined to fight for their home. Meanwhile Stead is much taken with Hawkcombe's sister, Lady Diana Embersham.

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Pie In The Sea (1)

E2 Episode 2: Pie In The Sea (2)

E3 Episode 3: It's Thumbs Down For You Pizarro!

E4 Episode 4: In The Shade Of The Old Oak Tree

E5 Episode 5: The Bent Bonanza

E6 Episode 6: A Touch Of The Nelsons

E7 Episode 7: The One With The Waggly Tail

E8 Episode 8: Shangri-La And All That Jazz

E9 Episode 9: Monopoly With Real Money

E10 Episode 10: Personally I Think He Looks Like Me

E11 Episode 11: Pretend It Never Happened

E12 Episode 12: Weekends Are For Taking Off

E13 Episode 13: Tapu

E14 Episode 14: We And Them

E15 Episode 15: Whatever Became Of The Year 2000?

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Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Pie In The Sea (1)

E2 Episode 2: Pie In The Sea (2)

E3 Episode 3: It's Thumbs Down For You Pizarro!

E4 Episode 4: In The Shade Of The Old Oak Tree

E5 Episode 5: The Bent Bonanza

E6 Episode 6: A Touch Of The Nelsons

E7 Episode 7: The One With The Waggly Tail

E8 Episode 8: Shangri-La And All That Jazz

E9 Episode 9: Monopoly With Real Money

E10 Episode 10: Personally I Think He Looks Like Me

E11 Episode 11: Pretend It Never Happened

E12 Episode 12: Weekends Are For Taking Off

E13 Episode 13: Tapu

E14 Episode 14: We And Them

E15 Episode 15: Whatever Became Of The Year 2000?

Fun facts

Episode 1: Pie In The Sea (1)

Episode 2: Pie In The Sea (2)

Episode 3: It's Thumbs Down For You Pizarro!

Episode 4: In The Shade Of The Old Oak Tree

Episode 5: The Bent Bonanza

Episode 6: A Touch Of The Nelsons

Episode 7: The One With The Waggly Tail

Episode 8: Shangri-La And All That Jazz

Episode 9: Monopoly With Real Money

Episode 10: Personally I Think He Looks Like Me

Episode 11: Pretend It Never Happened

Episode 12: Weekends Are For Taking Off

Episode 13: Tapu

Episode 14: We And Them

Episode 15: Whatever Became Of The Year 2000?

Episode 1: Pie In The Sea (1)

Episode 2: Pie In The Sea (2)

Episode 3: It's Thumbs Down For You Pizarro!

Episode 4: In The Shade Of The Old Oak Tree

Episode 5: The Bent Bonanza

Episode 6: A Touch Of The Nelsons

Episode 7: The One With The Waggly Tail

Episode 8: Shangri-La And All That Jazz

Episode 9: Monopoly With Real Money

Episode 10: Personally I Think He Looks Like Me

Episode 11: Pretend It Never Happened

Episode 12: Weekends Are For Taking Off

Episode 13: Tapu

Episode 14: We And Them

Episode 15: Whatever Became Of The Year 2000?