Oil Strike North

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Adventure, Drama

August 26th, 1975

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Oil Strike North Season 1 Episodes

Season 1

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The Fatal Hours: Part 2

November 18th, 1975

A heavy storm arrives and a Met Buoy has come loose from it's anchor and is trapped between the legs of the rig. Frank Ward has to get seventy men to safety in case the weather causes a collapse.

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The Fatal Hours: Part 1

November 11th, 1975

Frank Ward decides to remain in Scotland but wants a better deal. With everybody waiting for the predicted oil output, Shona uses her friendship with Donald to get an exclusive for the Gazette.

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Headhunters

November 4th, 1975

With Triumph close to production, Jim Fraser's stock has never been higher so when a vacancy appears on the board he should be favourite. Meanwhile the French oil industry look to recruit Frank Ward.

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Time of Hazard

October 28th, 1975

With the Government is pushing for oil, Jim Fraser wants Frank Ward to be less cautious while drilling and push on regardless of the risk. Julie Ward goes missing while horse riding near cliffs.

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Workhorse

October 21st, 1975

A storm has damaged Triumph's supply ship, leaving it in dock. With supplies running short Cameron pulls the crew from a wedding to get a replacement to the rig as soon as possible.

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Shore Leave

October 14th, 1975

The oil rig workers bad reputation ashore is tarnished by the newspapers. Mullery befriends a beautiful stranger which enrages her boyfriend. Ward finds himself sued over an injury on the rig.

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Newspaper editor Angus Gallacher starts to campaign against local residents, who are selling their property to the highest bidder. Frank and Julie Ward gets wined and dined by rivals at President Oil.

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The Floating Bomb

September 30th, 1975

A Russian trawler is abandoned after an explosion and is now heading towards to North Sea oil field. Triumph want the ship sank because it is carries sodium nitrate but it may also contain an injured sailor.

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The Decision

September 23rd, 1975

With the three month deadline imminent, Triumph are running behind in the search for oil and gas. With the government threatening to go to President Oil, Frank Ward's past comes back to haunt him.

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First Lion

September 16th, 1975

Pete Webber embellishes his experience, as a diver, to earn big money on the oil rig. On his first dive, loosening cables from a fallen pylon, he panics causing serious injury to colleague, Dave Lincoln.

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Storm Clouds

September 9th, 1975

Triumph Oil start a PR campaign to counter stories by local newspaper editor Angus Gallacher who stirs up MP Calvert. Ward and McGraw's relationship reaches breaking point when they disagree about policy.

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Quiet Day

September 2nd, 1975

A lorry carrying pipes for the oil rig is involved in a fatal road crash which causes negative press from local journalists. Ward attempts an emergency helicopter lift to get the pipes to their destination.

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Deadline

August 26th, 1975

Jim Fraser's consortium Nelson Drilling Company has just three months to find oil in the North Sea. Texan Frank Ward is brought in as Operations Manager to see the operation comes to fruition.