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The Troubleshooters: Season 4

26 episodes · first aired Oct 13, 1967

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  1. 1 Dragon By The Tail Oct 13, 1967 · 50m With riots unsettling Kowloon, Brian Stead sends Peter Thornton out to Hong Kong, posing as a tourist, to follow up a secret approach. Ho Man Chin, a senior technician at China's Taching…
  2. 2 The Daring Young Man Oct 20, 1967 · 50m As part of a Canadian takeover deal, Brian Stead agrees to take Mike Szabo, the Harvard-educated nephew of the retiring company president, onto his staff. But Mike has turned his back on…
  3. 3 Where The Carpet Ends Oct 27, 1967 · 48m A junior secretary, Ann Rendell, is sacked after £800 goes missing from the handbag of Gladys West, who has served as Brian Stead's secretary for years. Unhappy that she was dismissed…
  4. 4 Winner Lose All Nov 10, 1967 · 48m Peter Thornton is supervising tests of the Savory IV powerboat ahead of the Offshore Powerboat Race, but the engines keep overheating and builder Dino Marinetti blames Mogul's lubricants…
  5. 5 A Nice White Girl - Is She For Sale? Nov 17, 1967 · 50m Oil has been found in ar Rahba, and Mike Szabo finds its ruler, Sheik Falik, demanding punishing terms for the development rights. Brian Stead wants a contract signed before rivals step in…
  6. 6 Mr. Know-How Nov 24, 1967 · 50m When a rail disaster claims the life of the man in charge of the Mogul-Hart Special Oils subsidiary, and his deputy is not expected to survive, Willy Izard and Brian Stead are forced to…
  7. 7 And The Walls Came Tumbling Down Dec 1, 1967 · 50m An earthquake and tidal wave devastate the Moroccan port of Torkoz, where Peter Thornton was on a watching brief, and he is found in a makeshift hospital in shock and with no memory. Then…
  8. 8 Good Lord, No, It's Illegal Dec 8, 1967 · 47m Peter Thornton is in Singapore arranging Mogul's planned £35 million refinery when Mei San warns him that Ian Palmer, her husband and Gruger's Bank's man in Singapore, means to stop the…
  9. 9 Thanks For Nothing Dec 15, 1967 · 49m Alec Stewart takes up his post in New York as Mogul's US director, only to be told by Charles Grandmercy that Brian Stead no longer trusts him and that Grandmercy is ready to step in…
  10. 10 Rest You Merry Dec 22, 1967 · 50m Two men die when an explosion and fire tear through Ballygrena, Mogul's automated refinery in Ulster, and Brian Stead sends Peter Thornton, Charles Grandmercy and Eileen O'Rourke to…
  11. 11 Who Buys Who? Dec 29, 1967 · 51m Awaiting a House of Lords ruling on its exclusive supply contracts, Mogul calls Peter Thornton back from leave to stop cut-price rival Javelin Petroleum winning over garage owner Big Gally…
  12. 12 The Deeper You Dig Jan 5, 1968 · 49m Brian Stead shelves Cab Eleven, a Mogul afterburner that sharply cuts carbon monoxide from car exhausts, even though Peter Thornton believes it could make road tunnels practical. When the…
  13. 13 Kitchener Knew It Well Jan 12, 1968 · 50m With Mogul's bunkering depot in Aden under threat after the British withdrawal, Brian Stead goes to Sudan himself to assess the old port of Suakin as an alternative. There he meets a…
  14. 14 The Sharp End Of The Wedge Jan 19, 1968 · 51m Someone is trying to charter 400,000 tons of tankers for Dibouti, and Brian Stead, fearing a civil war that could endanger Mogul's storage at Maradi, wants to know who. Foreign Office man…
  15. 15 Just A Bunch Of Arabs In Kilts Jan 26, 1968 · 49m When Mogul finds oil near Ruag, an island off Scotland, the Scottish Republican Army, led by Mackenzie, sabotages the rig and demands royalties for Scotland. Brian Stead dismisses the…
  16. 16 Not For My Friend - He's Driving Feb 9, 1968 · 51m Brian Stead wants to hold on to Mogul's option on Venezuela's Aragua field as an emergency reserve, but in Caracas the official Escardo is stalling Charles Grandmercy so that it will lapse…
  17. 17 Stop It, You're Breaking My Heart Feb 16, 1968 · 45m A Soviet drilling rig anchors right beside Mogul's North Sea platform, Mogmac, off Scotland, claiming to be drilling outside national jurisdiction for a Cuban company that never signed the…
  18. 18 A Girl To Warm Your Feet On Feb 23, 1968 · 50m Mogul wants to drop out of a Thai offshore tender after the government imposes harsh terms and bans any survey work, but a Thai minister insists the company honours its bid. Left to…
  19. 19 Give Me The Simple Life Mar 1, 1968 · 50m Brian Stead approves a £200 million investment in Canada's Athabasca tar sands but insists that Alec Stewart refer every decision to London. Stewart looks for ways to fund the scheme…
  20. 20 A Slight Problem With The Press Mar 8, 1968 · 50m Talks in Aleppo over transit fees for Mogul's Syrian pipeline break down when a London newspaper claims Mogul is building a rival line across Israel, and Willy Izard and Peter Thornton are…
  21. 21 Never The Twain Mar 15, 1968 · 50m Brian Stead sends Willy Izard to India to learn why Mogul lost a fertiliser plant contract to its American rival Zenith, while Alec Stewart lobbies the board to put its money into the…
  22. 22 Cut Off Whose Nose Mar 22, 1968 · 49m Gavin and Sarah Malet, a Mogul couple working in Iran, are arrested after helping Daud, the addict son of the tribal chief Feruz Khan, to get away to Abadan. As Charles Grandmercy and…
  23. 23 The Day The Sea Caught Fire Mar 29, 1968 · 50m A gas explosion destroys a Mogul rig off Sicily, leaving a single survivor. Willy Izard goes to Cefalù to settle compensation and finds that a lawyer with Mafia connections, Giovanni…
  24. 24 The Dispossessed Apr 5, 1968 · 50m After rebel attacks on Mogul property in Aden, Brian Stead sends Charles Grandmercy and Peter Thornton to hand the main storage depot over to the new government. Both the ministers and the…
  25. 25 The Wrecking Of The Sierra Nevada Apr 19, 1968 · 51m The Sierra Nevada, one of Mogul's largest tankers, runs aground on a Florida reef with a cargo of 120,000 tons of oil as a hurricane approaches. Brian Stead sends Peter Thornton with…
  26. 26 The Minister of the Crown... and the Very Compromising Photograph May 3, 1968 · 49m Matt Mathias, the Minister of Power, attacks Mogul publicly at a rig launch, deepening a stand-off with the Gas Council over the price of North Sea gas. Hoping to earn a move to London…