The Troubleshooters(1965–1972)

Kelly's Eye

Mogul strikes oil in the North Sea and everyone is sworn to secrecy. So when the story leaks to the press, executive Brian Stead wants the culprit sacked. Peter Thornton is sent to the rig to discover which rigger talked.

Young Turk

Robert Driscoll is sent out to take over negotiations for an important Middle East oil concession after the mogul representative has been killed in the desert. Driscoll antagonises the men on the spot, particularly the area manager Charles Andrews, who thought that he should have had the job.

Safety Man

Wildcat

Wildcat drilling is a calculated risk for Mogul. But for an African executive backing his own judgment it brings still greater hazards.

Tosh and Nora

Heavy drinking Tosh Brinkwater has married late in life and starts to regret the decisions he has made and needs to settle down. Stuck in a boat in Egypt he decides to jump ship and head home but gets no further than a brothel.

The Schloss Belt

Out of Range

The desert is like the sea. It takes possession of a man's soul. For a young geologist seeking to prove himself it is exciting. But like the sea the desert is dangerous.

The Way It Crumbles

Motor racing means excitement; it also means danger. Driscoll faces personal risk when he opposes Stead and tries to steer Mogul into Grand Prix racing.

A Job for Willy

Trouble erupts around Mogul's new North Sea rig when a few unguarded words open old wounds in a Tyneside shipyard.

Meet Miss Mogul

The glittering world of advertising is a wonderful dream for Miss Mogul, Sandra Spratt. But others have a different view - and create a headache for Derek Prentice and Mogul.

Stoneface

Prejudice has deep roots. Driscoll is involved in an explosive situation in northern Canada when Mogul takes an Iroquois Indian for an important job.

Driver of the Year

Freedom is very desirable. But when Peter Thornton envies the life of a Mogul tanker driver he finds that no man is as free as he seems.

Words Are Softer Than Oil

A Damn Great Lump Of Iron

My Daughter Knows Her Way Around

Home And Dry

We're None Of Us Perfect

Think Big

Some Days You Just Can't Win

Stead's life is in Thornton's hands when the Rhodesian oil ban takes them to Africa

Nothing To Do With Mogul

No Sentiment In Business?

Journey From The Interior

Long Knives Cut Deep

Women And Business Never Did Mix

Dragon By The Tail

The Daring Young Man

Find this man and bring him here, Stead orders Thornton. But the man in question is crossing the Sahara Desert!

Where The Carpet Ends

Why was Ann Rendell sacked? Izard fights an injustice, but finds himself enmeshed in a sinister operation.

Winner Lose All

Thornton faces danger in the international power boat race. But for Mogul there are greater risks on shore.

A Nice White Girl - Is She For Sale?

Adesert sheik tries to buy Eileen O'Rourke. But Szabo thinks this is too high a price for an oil concession.

Me Know-How

Willy Izard tries to repay a debt to his former boss. But loyalty can cloud a man's judgment - as Willy learns to his cost.

And The Walls Came Tumbling Down

Good Lord, No, It's Illegal

A loan Mogul desperately needs for a new refinery is being blocked by the Bank. Stead thinks that the manager is mentally unbalanced.

Thanks For Nothing

Alec Stewart, now chief of the New York office of Mogul, battles with America's oil giants. But has he made a fatal mistake?

Rest You Merry

Who Buys Who?

The Deeper You Dig

Kitchener Knew It Well

Returning to the Sudan arouses forgotten memories for Stead. But Thornton and Eileen are faced with saving a tanker from shipwreck.

The Sharp End Of The Wedge

Thornton gets involved with gun-runners when he is sent to Europe to find the secret of an African Power struggle.

Just A Bunch Of Arabs In Kilts

Mogul strike oil off Scotland. But when Thornton disappears, Stead discovers there can be more problems at home than in the desert.

Not For My Friend - He's Driving

Personal conflict flares when Stewart and Grandmercy try to carry a dangerous cargo into the Venezuelan Jungle.

Stop It, You're Breaking My Heart

A Girl To Warm Your Feet On

Thornton takes a chance in Thailand - and lands Mogul in trouble.

Give Me The Simple Life

A Slight Problem With The Press

Never The Twain

Cut Off Whose Nose

The Day The Sea Caught Fire

Bad weather causes the collapse of an oil rig in the Caribbean with loss of life. Mogul's problems mount when witnesses say the rig had a major structural problem.

The Dispossessed

The Wrecking Of The Sierra Nevada

Mogul makes efforts to save a giant tanker aground off Florida with a cargo of 100,000 tons of crude oil. Thornton, acting for Stead, wants to bomb the ship, but Stewart has his own reasons for refusing.

The Slick And The Dread

Stead 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.

Is That Tiger, Man

Peter Thornton is in the West Indies. His marriage to Steve is rocky and she has met Tiger, a local diver. Alec Stewart arrives to expand the new oil field but has taken Thornton's promotion and instead offered the job of regional manager.

When You Gotta Go

Thea

If You Can't Lick 'Em

This Is Where I Came In

Birdstrike

The first aircraft using Mogul's new fuel crashes. Who was to blame - Mogul or the pilot?

The Fires of Hell

Wingless Wonder

Cablegrams Come Expensive

Operation Saigon

A bomb explodes as Stewart arrives at Saigon Airport. Soon he becomes heavily involved in the conflicts of a warring people.

Baptism of Fire

Fire, explosions and dangerous break outs in Mogul's new rig in the Persian Gulf. Stewart and Thornton clash head-on in their efforts to save it.

Join the Club

Trouble boils up for Stead during a cross-country car rally. Izard has to put his personal life before Mogul

Do Your Best For The Lads

The building of a new super tanker for Mogul in a Tees-side shipyard becomes a seven milion pound headache for Thornton.

Someone's Head Has To Roll

Izard faces a desperate threat to his position at Mogul. As usual he views the crisis with amused detachment - although this may be just a protective front.

Troubled Waters

Thornton faces great danger when a hurricane strikes Mogul's new Caribbean drilling rig.

What's Yours Is Mine

Stead faces a crisis when an African state seizes a Mogul refinery.

The Bigger They Are

Mogul bring in Dr Newman to make a decision over where their new oil platform in the Mediterranean should be. For some reason the Italian office are not cooperating.

Some Wet Night In Sauchiehall Street

Professional and personal conflicts have broken out between two Scots engineers at one of Mogul's pumping stations in North Africa. Glaswegian MacCallum and Garvie from Edinburgh have presented totally different schemes for re-equipping the station and their conflict has now reached the point where Stead has to send out Thornton to arbitrate.

Error of Judgement

A joy-ride becomes a nightmare for Alec Stewart, driving through France in an international rally.

They're Probably Drilling For Oil

Trapped in the Arctic wastes of Spitsbergen, one mistake could cost Peter Thornton his life.

A Run For Their Money

There is strong local opposition to Mogul's plan to build a thirty million pound refinery on the west coast of Wales.

Happy Landings

Trouble flares for Alec Stewart when a hero from his past intrudes on his present.

There's Nothing Like The Great Outdoors

Looking for a new drilling site, a survey team has been working in Northern Ontario for two years in vain. Time is running short and Thornton is sent out to hurry things along. He finds himself in an explosive sitaution.

Out Of Your Evil Dream

Is Mogul's new chemical crop spray a killer? Stewart must judge when a scientist rebels.

Four Cheers For Geoffrey

Blackmailer, fraudster, agitator - or brilliant young exceutive? Finding out the truth about Brady is one of Thornton's toughest assignments.

A Dirty Old Man And A Rare Bird

Zenith drop a bombshell into the world of Mogul. The repercussions will influence the company for a long time to come.

Twenty Years Is No Time At All

Thornton is sent to Singapore on a secret mission.

How Much Is One Man Worth?

How much is one man worth? When Ted Kihi is trapped in a Malaysian cave Peter Thornton turns the whole resources of Mogul, and his own skill as an oil man, to the rescue operation.

If He Hollers, Let Him Go

The lovely Mrs. Foss, wife of Mogul's founder, turns up in London in the middle of a takeover battle. Inevitably she brings chaos and confusion - particularly to Alec Stewart.

A Very Special Relationship

Stead's plans for expansion in Europe as part of his fight against Zenith take a knock when a French multi-millionaire marries a film starlet.

There's A Nasty Word - Love

Alec and Roz Stewart find themselves in the uncomfortable world between east and west when they arrive in Japan, where the traditions of a thousand years conflict with life in the twentieth century.

You're Not Going to Believe This, But...

Why should the manager of Mogul's Malaysian station insult the local sultan? Why does he not remember things? Why does he turn against Thornton, an old friend, when he tries to help? This is one of Thornton's most puzzling assignments, and even when he solves it he does not believe what he finds.

Take-Over Is Two Four-Letter Words

Mogul faces protests and demonstrations when a group of redundant employees occupy a distribution depot. A situation which starts as something small quickly develops into tension and danger.

Everybody Is That Kind Of Man

Are Stewart and Stead trying to bribe their way to an important refinery project in Scotland? And what part does Zenith play in the attempts to corrupt a Scots official?

So You Think You're One Of Us

Angola spells trouble for Mogul when Thornton becomes a pawn in the struggle between African rebels and the Portuguese authorities.

They've More Than Their Assets Frozen

Thornton faces incredible hardship in Alaska. But added to the dangers and difficulties is the knowledge that the whole future of Mogul could depend on his success or failure.

There's This Bird, See...

A remote island in the Indian Ocean may seem the perfect drilling location. No population, beautiful weather, not even a foreign government to deal with for it is British owned. But - there's this bird, see.... and birds, feathered of course, spell trouble for Mogul.

You Want A Clockwork Nightingale

The executives of Mogul's South African subsidiary think their office boy Zeke is only capable of 'totin' barges and liftin' bales', but Willy Izard has other ideas. Zeke has secret ambitions - and qualifications - which Willy decides to further. He expected to come up against apartheid, but another completely unexpected obstacle crops up which calls for uncharacteristic forcefulness from the normally gentle Izard.

Don't Ask, Take

Eccentric individualists cannot be successfully absorbed into big organisations, but Brian Stead decides to take up the challenge. He realises that an inventor has got something that Mogul needs. The big question is: what has Mogul got that the inventor needs?

Doctor Liebling, I Presume

Papuan headhunters are not a common danger to Mogul. But they are only one of the hazards Peter Thornton has to face. Why does the Australian District Commissioner try to stop him going to see Dr. Liebling? And what is Dr. Liebling doing there anyway? It takes a terrifying experience to clear up the mystery.

You Can't Trust Women

Ghislaine Foss's hand is sought by both Zenith and Mogul. Why? Because besides having a young and glamourous millionairess at the end of it it also contains a fistful of Mogul shares. Vital shares as the Mogul - Zenith battle reaches its climax.

Really. She Did, She Really Did

Brian Stead takes the entire board of Mogul International across the Atlantic on the Queen Elizabeth II. But this is no empty gesture. The moment of decision has arrived in the merger battle. For the crucial board meeting the directors must be away from outside interference.

Some Of The Mud Is Bound To Stick

Is Alec Stewart a spy? The Algerian authorities think so. It is possible. He travels all over the world, is accepted everywhere without question and he moves in the highest circles. But he has never expressed strong political opinions and he certainly doesn't need the money. So why should he spy?

Lord, What A Tangled Web

Memories of 1945 come flooding back to Brian Stead when he revisits Berlin, where Mogul are drilling for natural gas. He served there at the end of the war, and an incident twenty-four years old is dragged up in an attempt to discredit him.

And One Wise Man Came Out From The East

Thornton questions his loyalty when he is lost in the Australian outback without radio and without salt tablets. Struggling to survive he wonders whether Mogul's demands are too great.

Let's All Drop Out Together

Thornton resigns from Mogul. Lying peacefully on a beach in Fiji he resists attempts from Stead and Izard to change his mind. But Stead has a few tricks to pull before he admits defeat.

She'll Be Right Mate

Thornton returns to the fold - straight into a row between the New Zealand government and Mogul over the movement of a drilling rig from that country to Indonesia.

It's A Very Bad Day For Travelling

An important contract can be won in Ceylon. But Mogul's manager there, Henry Burton, doesn't seem to be trying. Thornton must not only find out why but also take the decisions needed to put things right, including sacking Burton if necessary.

This Place Is A Paradise, Mister

Thornton is taken prisoner on a Caribbean island paradise. 'King' George Watt doesn't want a Mogul invasion and he is supported by French anthropologist Dr. Leduc, who is using the islanders in a dangerous sociological experiment. She helps Thornton escape.

They Call Me Israel

Pie In The Sea (1)

An oil find in Scandinavia brings problems for Mogul, and a new man poses a threat to Stead.

Pie In The Sea (2)

The threat to Stead becomes reality as Langley takes up his post as Deputy Chairman and Willy Izard reaches the end of the road.

It's Thumbs Down For You Pizarro!

Trouble in the Peruvian Andes for Thornton in the shadow of the Spanish Conquistadores brings Langley his first test as Deputy Chairman.

In The Shade Of The Old Oak Tree

Mogul seem to have struck it rich in the Bay of Biscay. But it means danger for Thornton and Langley.

The Bent Bonanza

A computer brings Thornton and Izard into contact with an ambitious girl and an extraordinary man in the outback.

A Touch Of The Nelsons

Drama at sea as Peter Thornton and H.M.S. Ark Royal race to the rescue of a stricken tanker.

The One With The Waggly Tail

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.

Shangri-La And All That Jazz

A Polynesian paradise - or is it? Thornton finds out that even the South Pacific has its share of difficult people.

Monopoly With Real Money

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.

Personally I Think He Looks Like Me

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.

Pretend It Never Happened

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.

Weekends Are For Taking Off

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.

Tapu

Traditions often die hard. But Thornton meets with more violent opposition when Mogul's New Zealand pipeline clashes with Maori interests.

We And Them

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.