The Troubleshooters 1965
★ 7.3/10 · 3 votes Drama 7 seasons · 136 eps Ended
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The Troubleshooters is a British television series made by the BBC. Created by John Elliot, the series was produced between 1965 and 1972.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 1965
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 136
- Runtime
- 60 minutes
- First aired
- Jul 7, 1965
- Last aired
- Jan 3, 1972
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- GB
- Networks
- BBC One
- Genres
- Drama
- Updated
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The Troubleshooters is a British television series made by the BBC. Created by John Elliot, the series was produced between 1965 and 1972. During its run, the series transitioned from black and white to colour transmissions. The series is based around an international oil company, referred to as the "Mogul" in the title. The first series primarily focuses on the internal politics within the Mogul organisation, with episodes revolving around various issues such as industrial espionage and negligence.
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“Explore the high-stakes internal politics and corporate intrigue of an international oil company.”
Reasons to watch
- Created by John Elliot
- Follows internal corporate politics
Keep in mind
- First series focused heavily on internal organisation
Watch it if you are interested in classic British television dramas about corporate organisations.
The series deals with corporate themes, internal fraud, and industrial espionage.
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Cast
Geoffrey Keen
Brian Stead
Ray Barrett
Peter Thornton
Philip Latham
Willy Izard
Robert Hardy
Alec Stewart
Arthur Pentelow
Managing Director
Joss Ackland
Sam Jardine
☻
Justine Lord
Steve Thornton
Barry Foster
Robert Driscoll ☻
John Tate
Milt Addis
Ronald Hines
Derek Prentice
Robert James
Alastair McFee ☻
Hal Galili
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Season 1 · 13 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 Kelly's Eye Mytharc Jul 7, 1965
- E2 Young Turk Core Jul 14, 1965
- E3 Safety Man Core Jul 21, 1965
- E4 Wildcat Core Jul 28, 1965
- E5 Tosh and Nora Core Aug 5, 1965
- E6 The Schloss Belt Core Aug 12, 1965
- E7 Out of Range Core Aug 19, 1965
- E8 The Way It Crumbles Core Aug 26, 1965
- E9 A Job for Willy Core Sep 2, 1965
- E10 Meet Miss Mogul Core Sep 9, 1965
- E11 Stoneface Core Sep 16, 1965
- E12 Driver of the Year Mytharc Sep 22, 1965
- E13 Borrowed Time Mytharc Sep 29, 1965
Season 2 · 26 episodes
Open the complete Season 2 guide & lore primer →- E1 Is That Tiger, Man Mytharc Apr 30, 1966
- E2 When You Gotta Go Core May 7, 1966
- E3 Thea Core May 14, 1966
- E4 If You Can't Lick 'Em Core May 21, 1966
- E5 This Is Where I Came In Core May 28, 1966
- E6 Birdstrike Core Jun 4, 1966
- E7 The Fires of Hell Core Jun 11, 1966
- E8 Wingless Wonder Core Jun 18, 1966
- E9 Cablegrams Come Expensive Core Jun 25, 1966
- E10 Operation Saigon Core Jul 2, 1966
- E11 Baptism of Fire Core Jul 9, 1966
- E12 Join the Club Core Jul 16, 1966
- E13 Do Your Best For The Lads Core Jul 23, 1966
- E14 Someone's Head Has To Roll Core Jul 30, 1966
- E15 Troubled Waters Core Aug 6, 1966
- E16 What's Yours Is Mine Core Aug 13, 1966
- E17 The Bigger They Are Core Aug 20, 1966
- E18 Some Wet Night In Sauchiehall Street Core Aug 27, 1966
- E19 Error of Judgement Core Sep 3, 1966
- E20 They're Probably Drilling For Oil Core Sep 10, 1966
- E21 A Run For Their Money Core Sep 17, 1966
- E22 Happy Landings Core Sep 24, 1966
- E23 There's Nothing Like The Great Outdoors Core Oct 1, 1966
- E24 Out Of Your Evil Dream Core Oct 8, 1966
- E25 Four Cheers For Geoffrey Mytharc Oct 15, 1966
- E26 No Such Thing As Luck Mytharc Oct 22, 1966
Season 3 · 13 episodes
Open the complete Season 3 guide & lore primer →- E1 Words Are Softer Than Oil Mytharc Jan 30, 1967
- E2 A Damn Great Lump Of Iron Core Feb 6, 1967
- E3 My Daughter Knows Her Way Around Core Feb 20, 1967
- E4 Home And Dry Core Feb 27, 1967
- E5 We're None Of Us Perfect Core Mar 6, 1967
- E6 Think Big Core Mar 13, 1967
- E7 Some Days You Just Can't Win Core Mar 20, 1967
- E8 Nothing To Do With Mogul Core Mar 27, 1967
- E9 No Sentiment In Business? Core Apr 3, 1967
- E10 Journey From The Interior Core Apr 10, 1967
- E11 Long Knives Cut Deep Core Apr 17, 1967
- E12 Women And Business Never Did Mix Mytharc Apr 24, 1967
- E13 There's Always A Next Time Mytharc May 1, 1967
Season 4 · 26 episodes
Open the complete Season 4 guide & lore primer →- E1 Dragon By The Tail Mytharc Oct 13, 1967
- E2 The Daring Young Man Core Oct 20, 1967
- E3 Where The Carpet Ends Core Oct 27, 1967
- E4 Winner Lose All Core Nov 10, 1967
- E5 A Nice White Girl - Is She For Sale? Core Nov 17, 1967
- E6 Me Know-How Core Nov 24, 1967
- E7 And The Walls Came Tumbling Down Core Dec 1, 1967
- E8 Good Lord, No, It's Illegal Core Dec 8, 1967
- E9 Thanks For Nothing Core Dec 15, 1967
- E10 Rest You Merry Core Dec 22, 1967
- E11 Who Buys Who? Core Dec 29, 1967
- E12 The Deeper You Dig Core Jan 5, 1968
- E13 Kitchener Knew It Well Core Jan 12, 1968
- E14 The Sharp End Of The Wedge Core Jan 19, 1968
- E15 Just A Bunch Of Arabs In Kilts Core Jan 26, 1968
- E16 Not For My Friend - He's Driving Core Feb 9, 1968
- E17 Stop It, You're Breaking My Heart Core Feb 16, 1968
- E18 A Girl To Warm Your Feet On Core Feb 23, 1968
- E19 Give Me The Simple Life Core Mar 1, 1968
- E20 A Slight Problem With The Press Core Mar 8, 1968
- E21 Never The Twain Core Mar 15, 1968
- E22 Cut Off Whose Nose Core Mar 22, 1968
- E23 The Day The Sea Caught Fire Core Mar 29, 1968
- E24 The Dispossessed Core Apr 5, 1968
- E25 The Wrecking Of The Sierra Nevada Mytharc Apr 19, 1968
- E26 The Minister of the Crown... and the Very Compromising Photograph Mytharc May 3, 1968
Season 5 · 26 episodes
Open the complete Season 5 guide & lore primer →- E1 A Dirty Old Man And A Rare Bird Mytharc Jan 6, 1969
- E2 Twenty Years Is No Time At All Core Jan 13, 1969
- E3 How Much Is One Man Worth? Core Jan 20, 1969
- E4 If He Hollers, Let Him Go Core Jan 27, 1969
- E5 A Very Special Relationship Core Feb 3, 1969
- E6 There's A Nasty Word - Love Core Feb 10, 1969
- E7 You're Not Going to Believe This, But... Core Feb 17, 1969
- E8 Take-Over Is Two Four-Letter Words Core Feb 24, 1969
- E9 Everybody Is That Kind Of Man Core Mar 3, 1969
- E10 So You Think You're One Of Us Core Mar 10, 1969
- E11 They've More Than Their Assets Frozen Core Mar 17, 1969
- E12 There's This Bird, See... Core Mar 24, 1969
- E13 You Want A Clockwork Nightingale Core Mar 31, 1969
- E14 Don't Ask, Take Core Apr 14, 1969
- E15 Doctor Liebling, I Presume Core Apr 21, 1969
- E16 You Can't Trust Women Core Apr 28, 1969
- E17 Really. She Did, She Really Did Core May 5, 1969
- E18 Some Of The Mud Is Bound To Stick Core May 12, 1969
- E19 Lord, What A Tangled Web Core May 19, 1969
- E20 And One Wise Man Came Out From The East Core Jun 2, 1969
- E21 Let's All Drop Out Together Core Jun 9, 1969
- E22 She'll Be Right Mate Core Jun 16, 1969
- E23 It's A Very Bad Day For Travelling Core Jun 23, 1969
- E24 This Place Is A Paradise, Mister Core Jun 30, 1969
- E25 They Call Me Israel Mytharc Jul 7, 1969
- E26 Over The Hill Mytharc Jul 14, 1969
Season 6 · 17 episodes
Open the complete Season 6 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Slick And The Dread Mytharc May 18, 1970
- E2 A Pig In A Pipe Core May 25, 1970
- E3 Camelot On A Clear Day Core Jun 1, 1970
- E4 Who Did You Say Inherits The Earth? Core Jun 8, 1970
- E5 The Price Of A Bride Core Jun 15, 1970
- E6 Operation Black Gold Core Jun 22, 1970
- E7 We All Need Experts Core Jun 29, 1970
- E8 I'm Glad I'm Just an Oilman... Core Jul 6, 1970
- E9 Boys And Girls Come Out To Play Core Jul 13, 1970
- E10 The Dangerous Green Impala Core Jul 20, 1970
- E11 A Truly Exotic Development Core Jul 27, 1970
- E12 That's Africa, Baby Core Aug 3, 1970
- E13 They Shall Not Pass Core Aug 10, 1970
- E14 Let's See The Colour Of Your Money Core Aug 17, 1970
- E15 Hey We've Got A Problem Here Core Aug 24, 1970
- E16 The Order Of The Good Time Mytharc Aug 31, 1970
- E17 Injury To The Nation Mytharc Sep 7, 1970
Season 7 · 15 episodes
Open the complete Season 7 guide & lore primer →- E1 Pie In The Sea (1) Mytharc Sep 13, 1971
- E2 Pie In The Sea (2) Core Sep 20, 1971
- E3 It's Thumbs Down For You Pizarro! Core Sep 27, 1971
- E4 In The Shade Of The Old Oak Tree Core Oct 11, 1971
- E5 The Bent Bonanza Core Oct 18, 1971
- E6 A Touch Of The Nelsons Core Oct 25, 1971
- E7 The One With The Waggly Tail Core Nov 1, 1971
- E8 Shangri-La And All That Jazz Core Nov 8, 1971
- E9 Monopoly With Real Money Core Nov 15, 1971
- E10 Personally I Think He Looks Like Me Core Nov 22, 1971
- E11 Pretend It Never Happened Core Nov 29, 1971
- E12 Weekends Are For Taking Off Core Dec 6, 1971
- E13 Tapu Core Dec 13, 1971
- E14 We And Them Mytharc Dec 20, 1971
- E15 Whatever Became Of The Year 2000? Mytharc Jan 3, 1972
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Frequently asked questions
When was The Troubleshooters broadcast?
The series was made by the BBC between 1965 and 1972.
Who created the series?
The series was created by John Elliot.
What company is the series based around?
The series was based around an international oil company called Mogul.
What was the series titled initially?
The series was titled Mogul for the first series.
Did the series change its broadcast format during its run?
Yes, during its run the series made the transition from black and white to colour transmissions.
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