Oil Strike North
| Oil Strike North | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Gerard Glaister |
| Starring | Nigel Davenport Glyn Owen Barbara Shelley Angela Douglas |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Gerard Glaister |
| Production company | BBC |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 26 August – 18 November 1975 |
Oil Strike North is a BBC television drama series produced in 1975.[1][2]
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.[3][4] 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.[5]
Oil Strike North lasted for one series of thirteen episodes.[4] Gerard Glaister later moved on to produce the Second World War resistance drama Secret Army, the air freight series Buccaneer and then onto the boating soap serial Howards' Way.[6] Two of the leading actors in Oil Strike North, Nigel Davenport and Glyn Owen, also later appeared in Howards' Way.[7]
The scenario was later revived by the BBC for the mid-1990s drama Roughnecks.[8]
Cast
[edit]- Nigel Davenport - Jim Fraser
- Glyn Owen - Jack Mullery
- Barbara Shelley - Elaine Smythe
- Angela Douglas - Julie Ward
- Michael Witney - Frank Ward
- Calum Mill - Angus Gallacher
- Angela Cheyne - Shona Campbell
- Andrew Robertson - Donald Cameron
- Richard Hurndall - Charles Wayman
- Sean Caffrey - Evans
- Maurice Roëves - McGraw
Episodes
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Deadline"[9] | Unknown | Unknown | 26 August 1975 |
- "Quiet Day"[3]
- "Storm Clouds"[10]
- "First Lion"[11]
- "The Decision"[12]
- "The Floating Bomb"[13]
- "It Depends Where You Stand"[14]
- "Shore Leave"[15]
- "Workhorse"[16]
- "Time of Hazard"[17]
- "Headhunters"[4]
- "The Fatal Hours (part 1)"[18]
- "The Fatal Hours (part 2)"[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Oil Strike North (TV series)". BFI. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019.
- ^ "Oil Strike North". 23 September 1975. p. 47 – via BBC Genome.
- ^ a b "Quiet Day (1975)". BFI. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Oil Strike North | Nostalgia Central". 22 June 2014.
- ^ "Oil Strike North". 26 August 1975. p. 32 – via BBC Genome.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Glaister, Gerard (1915-2005) Biography". screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ "Howard's Way[02/10/88] (1988)". BFI. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019.
- ^ "Roughnecks". 16 November 1995. p. 106 – via BBC Genome.
- ^ "Deadline (1975)". BFI. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019.
- ^ "Storm Clouds (1975)". BFI. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019.
- ^ "Oil Strike North (BBC-1 1975, Nigel Davenport, Angela Douglas)". 30 May 2016.
- ^ "The Decision (1975)". BFI. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019.
- ^ "The Floating Bomb (1975)". BFI. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019.
- ^ "It Depends Where You Stand (1975)". BFI. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019.
- ^ "Shore Leave (1975)". BFI. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019.
- ^ "Workhorse (1975)". BFI. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019.
- ^ "Time of Hazard (1975)". BFI. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019.
- ^ "The Fatal Hours Part 1 (1975)". BFI. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019.
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