About this season
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.
Episodes (15)
1. Pie In The Sea (1)
Aired 13 September 1971 • 60 min
An oil find in Scandinavia brings problems for Mogul, and a new man poses a threat to Stead.
2. Pie In The Sea (2)
Aired 20 September 1971 • 60 min
The threat to Stead becomes reality as Langley takes up his post as Deputy Chairman and Willy Izard reaches the end of the road.
3. It's Thumbs Down For You Pizarro!
Aired 27 September 1971 • 60 min
Trouble in the Peruvian Andes for Thornton in the shadow of the Spanish Conquistadores brings Langley his first test as Deputy Chairman.
4. In The Shade Of The Old Oak Tree
Aired 11 October 1971 • 60 min
Mogul seem to have struck it rich in the Bay of Biscay. But it means danger for Thornton and Langley.
5. The Bent Bonanza
Aired 18 October 1971 • 60 min
A computer brings Thornton and Izard into contact with an ambitious girl and an extraordinary man in the outback.
6. A Touch Of The Nelsons
Aired 25 October 1971 • 60 min
Drama at sea as Peter Thornton and H.M.S. Ark Royal race to the rescue of a stricken tanker.
7. The One With The Waggly Tail
Aired 1 November 1971 • 60 min
Disaster or triumph? Willy Izard faces the two extremes in the rarified air of Mexico City, as he tackles his toughest-ever test, both in business and his private life.
8. Shangri-La And All That Jazz
Aired 8 November 1971 • 60 min
A Polynesian paradise - or is it? Thornton finds out that even the South Pacific has its share of difficult people.
9. Monopoly With Real Money
Aired 15 November 1971 • 60 min
Raising money is never simple - but even Willy Izard finds it tough when Stead and Langley demand several million pounds each, before four o'clock.
10. Personally I Think He Looks Like Me
Aired 22 November 1971 • 60 min
Corsica's main export is brains, they say. It is also the birthplace of Napoleon - and Thornton, Izard and Langley find they are not allowed to forget it.
11. Pretend It Never Happened
Aired 29 November 1971 • 60 min
Willy Izard intends to spend his South of France holiday nursing his wife back to health and forgetting about Mogul. But escape is not so easy, even on a camping site.
12. Weekends Are For Taking Off
Aired 6 December 1971 • 60 min
Weekends are for taking off. It's a nice thought. But men like Stead and Langley can't always separate their private lives from their business.
13. Tapu
Aired 13 December 1971 • 60 min
Traditions often die hard. But Thornton meets with more violent opposition when Mogul's New Zealand pipeline clashes with Maori interests.
14. We And Them
Aired 20 December 1971 • 60 min
A wage claim at Mogul's biggest chemical works brings Stead into an unlikely alliance with a communist shop steward in a head-on clash with Langley.
15. Whatever Became Of The Year 2000?
Aired 3 January 1972 • 60 min
Brian Stead takes an extended holiday with Lord Hawkscombe, who offers Mogul the chance to test their new rocket fuel on a disused island but it means removing a thriving hippie commune