Oil Strike North Deadline (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Adventure, Drama

Oil Strike North

Deadline (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Adventure, Drama

Jim Fraser's company Triumph Oil 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.

Director

Paul Cregeen

Writers

N.J. Crisp (creator) | Gerard Glaister (creator) | Ken Hughes | Joan Veitch (devised by: in association with) | Tom Veitch (devised by: in association with)

Producer

Gerard Glaister

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Edit Released

Updated Aug 26, 1975

Release date

Aug 26, 1975 (United Kingdom)

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22 cast members

Name	Known for
Nigel Davenport Jim Fraser Jim Fraser See fewer	A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Michael Witney Frank Ward (as Michael Whitney) Frank Ward (as Michael Whitney) See fewer	Star Trek (1966)
Angela Douglas Julie Ward Julie Ward See fewer	Carry on Up the Khyber (1968)
Richard Hurndall Charles Wayman Charles Wayman See fewer	The Inheritors (1974)
Calum Mill Angus Gallacher (as Callum Mill) Angus Gallacher (as Callum Mill) See fewer	Oil Strike North (1975)
Angela Cheyne Shona Campbell Shona Campbell See fewer	Oil Strike North (1975)
Maurice Roëves McGraw McGraw See fewer	The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Ed Bishop Patterson Patterson See fewer	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Noel Johnson Sir Charles Sir Charles See fewer	Frenzy (1972)
Ronald Leigh-Hunt John Irvin John Irvin See fewer	The Message (1976)
John Line Atkins Atkins See fewer	EastEnders (1985)
John Graham Bateson Bateson See fewer	Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Peter Godfrey Hendricks Hendricks See fewer	Partners in Crime (1983)
Ralph Ball Geologist Geologist See fewer	The Internecine Project (1974)
Tim Meats Smith Smith See fewer	State of Emergency (1975)
Willie Joss Trawlerman Trawlerman See fewer	Local Hero (1983)
Bill Denniston Trawlerman Trawlerman See fewer	Taggart (1983)
John Yule Radio Operator (as Jon Yule) Radio Operator (as Jon Yule) See fewer	Scotch on the Rocks (1973)
Jay Neill Harrison Harrison See fewer	The Onedin Line (1971)
Judi Lamb Secretary Secretary See fewer	Monsignor Renard (2000)
Simon Clarke Bill Bill See fewer	Oil Strike North (1975)
Boyd MacKenzie Assistant Assistant See fewer	Plays for Britain (1976)