| Oil Strike North | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Gerard Glaister |
| Starring | Nigel Davenport Glyn Owen Barbara Shelley Angela Douglas |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Gerard Glaister |
| Production company | BBC |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 26 August – 18 November 1975 |
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Oil Strike North is a BBC television drama series produced in 1975.[1][2]
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.[3][4] 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.[5]
Oil Strike North lasted for one series of thirteen episodes.[4] Gerard Glaister later moved on to produce the Second World War resistance drama Secret Army, the air freight series Buccaneer and then onto the boating soap serial Howards' Way.[6] Two of the leading actors in Oil Strike North, Nigel Davenport and Glyn Owen, also later appeared in Howards' Way.[7]
The scenario was later revived by the BBC for the mid-1990s drama Roughnecks.[8]