Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: July 7, 1965
Seasons: 7
Episodes: 136
Networks: BBC One
Genres: Drama

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The Troubleshooters(1965)

TMDB Rating: 5.0 (1 votes)

Overview

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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Season 1

13 episodes • 1965

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Kelly's Eye	Jul 7, 1965
2	Young Turk	Jul 14, 1965
3	Safety Man	Jul 21, 1965
4	Wild Cat	Jul 28, 1965
5	Tosh and Nora	Aug 5, 1965
6	The Schloss Belt	Aug 12, 1965
7	Out of Range	Aug 19, 1965
8	The Way It Crumbles	Aug 26, 1965
9	A Job for Willy	Sep 2, 1965
10	Meet Miss Mogul	Sep 9, 1965
11	Stoneface	Sep 16, 1965
12	Driver of the Year	Sep 22, 1965
13	Borrowed Time	Sep 29, 1965

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Season 2

26 episodes • 1966

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Is That Tiger, Man?	Apr 30, 1966
2	When You Gotta Go	May 7, 1966
3	Thea	May 14, 1966
4	If You Can't Lick 'Em	May 21, 1966
5	This Is Where I Came In	May 28, 1966
6	Birdstrike	Jun 4, 1966
7	The Fires of Hell	Jun 11, 1966
8	Wingless Wonder	Jun 18, 1966
9	Cablegrams Come Expensive	Jun 25, 1966
10	Operation Saigon	Jul 2, 1966
11	Baptism of Fire	Jul 9, 1966
12	Join the Club	Jul 16, 1966
13	Do Your Best For The Lads	Jul 23, 1966
14	Someone's Head Has To Roll	Jul 30, 1966
15	Troubled Waters	Aug 6, 1966
16	What's Yours Is Mine	Aug 13, 1966
17	The Bigger They Are	Aug 20, 1966
18	Some Wet Night In Sauchiehall Street	Aug 27, 1966
19	Error of Judgement	Sep 3, 1966
20	They're Probably Drilling For Oil	Sep 10, 1966
21	A Run For Their Money	Sep 17, 1966
22	Happy Landings	Sep 24, 1966
23	There's Nothing Like The Great Outdoors	Oct 1, 1966
24	Out Of Your Evil Dream	Oct 8, 1966
25	Four Cheers For Geoffrey	Oct 15, 1966
26	No Such Thing As Luck	Oct 22, 1966

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Season 3

13 episodes • 1967

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Words Are Softer Than Oil	Jan 30, 1967
2	A Damn Great Lump Of Iron	Feb 6, 1967
3	My Daughter Knows Her Way Around	Feb 20, 1967
4	Home And Dry	Feb 27, 1967
5	We're None Of Us Perfect	Mar 6, 1967
6	Think Big	Mar 13, 1967
7	Some Days You Just Can't Win	Mar 20, 1967
8	Nothing To Do With Mogul	Mar 27, 1967
9	No Sentiment In Business?	Apr 3, 1967
10	Journey From The Interior	Apr 10, 1967
11	Long Knives Cut Deep	Apr 17, 1967
12	Women And Business Never Did Mix	Apr 24, 1967
13	There's Always A Next Time	May 1, 1967

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Season 4

26 episodes • 1967

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Dragon By The Tail	Oct 13, 1967
2	The Daring Young Man	Oct 20, 1967
3	Where The Carpet Ends	Oct 27, 1967
4	Winner Lose All	Nov 10, 1967
5	A Nice White Girl - Is She For Sale?	Nov 17, 1967
6	Me Know-How	Nov 24, 1967
7	And The Walls Came Tumbling Down	Dec 1, 1967
8	Good Lord, No, It's Illegal	Dec 8, 1967
9	Thanks For Nothing	Dec 15, 1967
10	Rest You Merry	Dec 22, 1967
11	Who Buys Who?	Dec 29, 1967
12	The Deeper You Dig	Jan 5, 1968
13	Kitchener Knew It Well	Jan 12, 1968
14	The Sharp End Of The Wedge	Jan 19, 1968
15	Just A Bunch Of Arabs In Kilts	Jan 26, 1968
16	Not For My Friend - He's Driving	Feb 9, 1968
17	Stop It, You're Breaking My Heart	Feb 16, 1968
18	A Girl To Warm Your Feet On	Feb 23, 1968
19	Give Me The Simple Life	Mar 1, 1968
20	A Slight Problem With The Press	Mar 8, 1968
21	Never The Twain	Mar 15, 1968
22	Cut Off Whose Nose	Mar 22, 1968
23	The Day The Sea Caught Fire	Mar 29, 1968
24	The Dispossessed	Apr 5, 1968
25	The Wrecking Of The Sierra Nevada	Apr 19, 1968
26	The Minister of the Crown... and the Very Compromising Photograph	May 3, 1968

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Season 5

26 episodes • 1969

#	Episode	Air Date
1	A Dirty Old Man And A Rare Bird	Jan 6, 1969
2	Twenty Years Is No Time At All	Jan 13, 1969
3	How Much Is One Man Worth?	Jan 20, 1969
4	If He Hollers, Let Him Go	Jan 27, 1969
5	A Very Special Relationship	Feb 3, 1969
6	There's A Nasty Word - Love	Feb 10, 1969
7	You're Not Going to Believe This, But...	Feb 17, 1969
8	Take-Over Is Two Four-Letter Words	Feb 24, 1969
9	Everybody Is That Kind Of Man	Mar 3, 1969
10	So You Think You're One Of Us	Mar 10, 1969
11	They've More Than Their Assets Frozen	Mar 17, 1969
12	There's This Bird, See...	Mar 24, 1969
13	You Want A Clockwork Nightingale	Mar 31, 1969
14	Don't Ask, Take	Apr 14, 1969
15	Doctor Liebling, I Presume	Apr 21, 1969
16	You Can't Trust Women	Apr 28, 1969
17	Really. She Did, She Really Did	May 5, 1969
18	Some Of The Mud Is Bound To Stick	May 12, 1969
19	Lord, What A Tangled Web	May 19, 1969
20	And One Wise Man Came Out From The East	Jun 2, 1969
21	Let's All Drop Out Together	Jun 9, 1969
22	She'll Be Right Mate	Jun 16, 1969
23	It's A Very Bad Day For Travelling	Jun 23, 1969
24	This Place Is A Paradise, Mister	Jun 30, 1969
25	They Call Me Israel	Jul 7, 1969
26	Over The Hill	Jul 14, 1969

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Season 6

17 episodes • 1970

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The Slick And The Dread	May 18, 1970
2	A Pig In A Pipe	May 25, 1970
3	Camelot On A Clear Day	Jun 1, 1970
4	Who Did You Say Inherits The Earth?	Jun 8, 1970
5	The Price Of A Bride	Jun 15, 1970
6	Operation Black Gold	Jun 22, 1970
7	We All Need Experts	Jun 29, 1970
8	I'm Glad I'm Just an Oilman...	Jul 6, 1970
9	Boys And Girls Come Out To Play	Jul 13, 1970
10	The Dangerous Green Impala	Jul 20, 1970
11	A Truly Exotic Development	Jul 27, 1970
12	That's Africa, Baby	Aug 3, 1970
13	They Shall Not Pass	Aug 10, 1970
14	Let's See The Colour Of Your Money	Aug 17, 1970
15	Hey We've Got A Problem Here	Aug 24, 1970
16	The Order Of The Good Time	Aug 31, 1970
17	Injury To The Nation	Sep 7, 1970

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Season 7

15 episodes • 1971

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Pie In The Sea (1)	Sep 13, 1971
2	Pie In The Sea (2)	Sep 20, 1971
3	It's Thumbs Down For You Pizarro!	Sep 27, 1971
4	In The Shade Of The Old Oak Tree	Oct 11, 1971
5	The Bent Bonanza	Oct 18, 1971
6	A Touch Of The Nelsons	Oct 25, 1971
7	The One With The Waggly Tail	Nov 1, 1971
8	Shangri-La And All That Jazz	Nov 8, 1971
9	Monopoly With Real Money	Nov 15, 1971
10	Personally I Think He Looks Like Me	Nov 22, 1971
11	Pretend It Never Happened	Nov 29, 1971
12	Weekends Are For Taking Off	Dec 6, 1971
13	Tapu	Dec 13, 1971
14	We And Them	Dec 20, 1971
15	Whatever Became Of The Year 2000?	Jan 3, 1972

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