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The Troubleshooters : Season 6
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Air date: 18 May '70 - 17 episodesThe 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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List of Episodes (17)
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The Troubleshooters (1965)
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1. The Slick And The Dread
18 May '70Stead is back in his haven, all's right with the world. But his quiet trip to the Caribbean on a Mogul supertanker produces unexpected developments.
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The Troubleshooters (1965)
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2. A Pig In A Pipe
25 May '70Stead's visit to a Mogul refinery in Africa causes problems for Peter Thornton. The simple job of organizing a ceremonial event becomes highly dangerous when a sacked engineer threatens to blow up the refinery.
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The Troubleshooters (1965)
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3. Camelot On A Clear Day
01 Jun '70A world famous leprosy hospital lies in the path of Mogul's exploration teams in East Africa. The ageing Dr. Hoffman who runs it is idolised by millions, including Willy Izard, who, with Thronton's help, has to cope with the problems involved.
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The Troubleshooters (1965)
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4. Who Did You Say Inherits The Earth?
08 Jun '70
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The Troubleshooters (1965)
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5. The Price Of A Bride
15 Jun '70What is the price of a bride? When the government of the African state of Manzaya decide to throw out Mogul's manager three men are faced with this question: Ralph Grant, the manager with a South African wife, Jack Robbins, who lives up country with an African girl, and Peter Thornton himself.
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The Troubleshooters (1965)
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6. Operation Black Gold
22 Jun '70What is it like to be captured by dangerous mercenaries in an African civil war? Willy Izard finds out when he replaces Thornton on a trip to Ebon. Mogul's frantic attempts to free him centre on Jane Webb, Stead's former secreatary.
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The Troubleshooters (1965)
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7. We All Need Experts
29 Jun '70When management efficiency experts arrive, rumours of redundancy sweep Mogul's head office.
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The Troubleshooters (1965)
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8. I'm Glad I'm Just an Oilman...
06 Jul '70In the desert water can be just as valuable as oil - and just as explosive, as Peter Thornton finds out to his cost.
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The Troubleshooters (1965)
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9. Boys And Girls Come Out To Play
13 Jul '70The attempts of Stead, Thornton and Izard to pin down a multi-millionaire take them to a health farm, the Cannes Film Festival, a continental casino and a Scottish cattle sale.
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The Troubleshooters (1965)
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10. The Dangerous Green Impala
20 Jul '70Haiti is notorious for its voodoo and its secret police. Stead becomes involved in a desperate and dangerous battle for control of Mogul's local company.
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The Troubleshooters (1965)
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11. A Truly Exotic Development
27 Jul '70Alec Stewart is involved in an explosive situation. Mogul's drilling rig on a Caribbean island has been sabotaged. Stead send Alec's old rival Thornton out to investigate.
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The Troubleshooters (1965)
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12. That's Africa, Baby
03 Aug '70Tribal quarrels, witch doctors, political double-dealing, a drunken hotel-keeper and a mysterious blow-back on a decrepit drilling rig - all hundreds of miles from nowhere in the African bush.
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The Troubleshooters (1965)
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13. They Shall Not Pass
10 Aug '70
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The Troubleshooters (1965)
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14. Let's See The Colour Of Your Money
17 Aug '70
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The Troubleshooters (1965)
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15. Hey We've Got A Problem Here
24 Aug '70Mogul's experiments in shipping oil out of Alaska under the ice in giant submarine tankers have gone well. Now Izard, Stead and Thornton visit their submarine, not in Alaska but in the Caribbean. But even there things can go wrong, as Stead finds out on his first underwater dive.
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The Troubleshooters (1965)
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16. The Order Of The Good Time
31 Aug '70Industry, pollution, overcrowding - Stead is feeling the pressures of them all when he gets to Nova Scotia. Here he finds the perfect site for Mogul's new refinery. But is it perfect? In the peace of a small country hotel, Stead finds time to think.
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The Troubleshooters (1965)
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17. Injury To The Nation
07 Sep '70Stead, Thornton and Izard are on trial tonight. State secrets have been leaked to a foreign power, and the Ministry of defence investigator, Commander Frayne, says the leak must be from one of these three men.
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