Oil Strike North

Oil Strike North

1975
Oil Strike North
Oil Strike North

Oil Strike North

5.6 | en | Drama

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 & Episodes

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EP13  The Fatal Hours: Part 2
Nov. 18,1975
The Fatal Hours: Part 2

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EP12  The Fatal Hours: Part 1
Nov. 11,1975
The Fatal Hours: Part 1

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EP11  Headhunters
Nov. 04,1975
Headhunters

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EP10  Time of Hazard
Oct. 28,1975
Time of Hazard

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EP9  Workhorse
Oct. 21,1975
Workhorse

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EP8  Shore Leave
Oct. 14,1975
Shore Leave

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EP7  It Depends Where You Stand
Oct. 07,1975
It Depends Where You Stand

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EP6  The Floating Bomb
Sep. 30,1975
The Floating Bomb

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EP5  The Decision
Sep. 23,1975
The Decision

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EP4  First Lion
Sep. 16,1975
First Lion

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EP3  Storm Clouds
Sep. 09,1975
Storm Clouds

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EP2  Quiet Day
Sep. 02,1975
Quiet Day

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EP1  Deadline
Aug. 26,1975
Deadline

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5.6 | en | Drama
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.

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Cast

Nigel Davenport , Michael Witney , Angela Douglas

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