
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…
Drama • Series • 1975 • 1 season
Starring: Nigel Davenport, Michael Witney, Angela Douglas
Created by: Gerard Glaister
S1 E1 - Deadline
Aug 26, 1975 • 50m
S1 E2 - Quiet Day
Sep 2, 1975 • 50m
S1 E3 - Storm Clouds
Sep 9, 1975 • 50m
S1 E4 - First Lion
Sep 16, 1975 • 50m
S1 E5 - The Decision
Sep 23, 1975 • 50m
S1 E6 - The Floating Bomb
Sep 30, 1975 • 50m
S1 E7 - It Depends Where You Stand
Oct 7, 1975 • 50m
S1 E8 - Shore Leave
Oct 14, 1975 • 50m
S1 E9 - Workhorse
Oct 21, 1975 • 50m
S1 E10 - Time of Hazard
Oct 28, 1975 • 50m
S1 E11 - Headhunters
Nov 4, 1975 • 50m
S1 E12 - The Fatal Hours: Part 1
Nov 11, 1975 • 50m
S1 E13 - The Fatal Hours: Part 2
Nov 18, 1975 • 50m
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Oil Strike North
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.
Drama • TV Series • 1975