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Oil Strike North (1975)

August. 26,1975
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Oil Strike North

1975

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.

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Seasons 1 : 1975

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13 Episode

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Episode 1 - Deadline
August. 26,1975

Episode 2 - Quiet Day
September. 02,1975

Episode 3 - Storm Clouds
September. 09,1975

Episode 4 - First Lion
September. 16,1975

Episode 5 - The Decision
September. 23,1975

Episode 6 - The Floating Bomb
September. 30,1975

Episode 7 - It Depends Where You Stand
October. 07,1975

Episode 8 - Shore Leave
October. 14,1975

Episode 9 - Workhorse
October. 21,1975

Episode 10 - Time of Hazard
October. 28,1975

Episode 11 - Headhunters
November. 04,1975

Episode 12 - The Fatal Hours: Part 1
November. 11,1975

Episode 13 - The Fatal Hours: Part 2
November. 18,1975

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.

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Nigel Davenport, Michael Witney
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