Oil Strike North 49 years old
Oil Strike North is a BBC television drama series produced in 1975. The series was created and produced by Gerard Glaister and dealt with life on Nelson One, a North Sea oil rig owned by the fictional company Triumph Oil. Eschewing the corporate power struggles of Mogul / The Troubleshooters and concentrating on more personal storylines, Oil Strike North was essentially a character study of how workers faced life on the rig and the impact it had on the lives of their families and loved ones. The scenario was later revived by the BBC for the mid-1990s drama Roughnecks. Oil Strike North lasted for one series of thirteen episodes. The leading cast members included Nigel Davenport, Glyn Owen, Barbara Shelley, Angela Douglas, Andrew Robertson, Richard Hurndall, Sean Caffrey and Maurice Roëves. Gerard Glaister later moved onto to produce the Second World War resistance drama Secret Army, the air freight series Buccaneer and then onto the boating soap serial Howards' Way. Two of the leading actors in Oil Strike North, Nigel Davenport and Glyn Owen, also later appeared in Howards' Way.
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Alison Steadman She was 29 , now 78 years old | |
| Angela Douglas She was 34 , now 84 years old | |
| Richard Hurndall He was 64 , 73 years old when he died | |
| Ronald Leigh-Hunt He was 54 , 84 years old when he died | |
| Maurice Roëves He was 38 , now 87 years old | |
| Michael Witney He was 43 , 52 years old when he died | |
| Patrick Westwood | |
| Nigel Davenport He was 47 , 85 years old when he died | |
| Mike Pratt He was 44 , 45 years old when he died | |
| Noel Johnson He was 58 , 82 years old when he died | |
| Barbara Shelley She was 43 , now 92 years old |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|---|
| Mervyn Haisman Writing He was 47 , 82 years old when he died | Writer |
Oil Strike North (49 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1975-08-26
- Runtime: [50] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 13