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Oil Strike North

TV·1975–1975·1 season, 13 episodes·BBC One·Drama·50m·Created by Gerard Glaister

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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.

Cast

Nigel DavenportNigel DavenportMichael WitneyMichael WitneyAngela DouglasAngela DouglasRichard HurndallRichard HurndallBarbara ShelleyBarbara ShelleyGlyn OwenGlyn Owen
Andrew Robertson
Andrew Robertson

Episodes by season

Season0113Episodes1975Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01DeadlineAugust 26, 1975—
  2. S01E02Quiet DaySeptember 2, 1975—
  3. S01E03Storm CloudsSeptember 9, 1975—
  4. S01E04First LionSeptember 16, 1975—
  5. S01E05The DecisionSeptember 23, 1975—
  6. S01E06The Floating BombSeptember 30, 1975—
  7. S01E07It Depends Where You StandOctober 7, 1975—
  8. S01E08Shore LeaveOctober 14, 1975—
  9. S01E09WorkhorseOctober 21, 1975—
  10. S01E10Time of HazardOctober 28, 1975—
  11. S01E11HeadhuntersNovember 4, 1975—
  12. S01E12The Fatal Hours: Part 1November 11, 1975—
  13. S01E13The Fatal Hours: Part 2November 18, 1975—

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