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Mogul and The Troubleshooters are somewhat poorly represented on the internet. We have outlined the best sites which directly relate to these programmes, and they are outlined below. If visitors to this website find other sites which deserve inclusion, please email us and we shall include them on this page.

MOGUL / THE TROUBLESHOOTERS RELATED LINKS

Treasure Hunt: This BBCi website, devoted to the archive holdings of several of their most successful (and most sorely affected) programmes. The website outlines the existing material held in the BBC's archives for such series as Adam Adamant Lives!, Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, and, of course, The Troubleshooters. The site contains detailed information concening the format in which existing episodes are held, and underlines the BBC's commitment to the recovery of missing episodes of some of their most fondly-remembered series.
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Television Heaven: One of the best resources for summaries on television series past and present, Television Heaven has a page devoted to Mogul and The Troubleshooters, accompanied by two nice colour publicity stills from the series. The website also contains a detailed sections for features, UK and US programme news and summaries of a wide variety of other series. Their article Missing, Believed Wiped perhaps best underlines the on-going search for episodes of programmes long-since junked, and provides a useful background to the circumstances whereby episodes of Mogul and The Troubleshooters came to disappear.

Tech Ops: The website offers an insight into the behind-the-scenes workings on The Troubleshooters, as seen through the eyes of cameraman Peter Ward. His recollections underline the technical detail under which the series was shot. The Tech Ops site boasts an array of recollections of those who toiled behind the scenes on many popular television programmes, accompanied by pictures and other documentary evidence.

The Directors Guild Of Great Britian: This website provides a brief review of Peter Graham Scott's text, British Television: An Insider's History. The website also offers press releases op upcoming events, tributes to directors and events concerning British Television on the whole. It also offers links to its various publications.

First Person Quiz: - Actor Philip Latham's career and background are outlined on this website, accompanied by brief "sound bytes" from the actor himself. The website offers a range of actors from which to choose, and also offers brief summaries (and nifty musical links) to some of the more popular British Television programmes.

Supermarionation.net and The Avengers Forever: Peter Stampede provides an extensive biography of actor Ray Barrett, accompanied by links to other popular Australian colleagues who emerged in British Television productions. The detail in which Stampede covers this fine actor is impressive, though the section relating to Mogul and The Troubleshooters is para-phrased from Peter Graham Scott's own observations in his text, covered on this website. The article is reproduced on The Avengers Forever website, more closely aligned with the episode The Man In The Mirror in which he appeared.

The Tom Springfield Homepage: Albeit brief, this website provides a background to Tom Springfield's career. Springfield, responsible for the powerful signature tune for Mogul and The Troubleshooters, was also a songwriter for The Seekers. The website also provides useful links to further information about this artist.

Hammerweb - The Official Web Presence Of Hammer Films: This delightful website, which features a wonderfully eye-catching shot of Christopher Lee in Dracula pose, contains an interview with actress Virginia Wetherall, who discusses her film career at length, and offers her brief thoughts on her breakthrough role in The Troubleshooters. The article itself is nicely illustrated with publicity stills from her roles, and the site itself offers a comprehensive features section (less related to these programmes, and more pertinent to Hammer Films) and a comprehensive list (decade by decade) of Hammer's amazing output.

Actress Dora Reisser has a lovely website dedicated to her with biographical details, credits and accompanying photographs.

Loose Cannon Doctor Who Reconstructions: Set against a TARDIS roundel backdrop, this website offers nice biographical information on Edward de Souza, accompanied by some photographs of his performances in other television programmes. The site itself contains an amazingly lavish quantity of "home-made" DVD and VHS covers for the missing Doctor Who stories, and is worth casting an eye over if only in comparison to the BBC's efforts.

Summer Wine Online : This website provides an insight into scriptwriter Roy Clarke's first commission on The Troubleshooters. Clarke's recollections are a nice, and the site offers a comprehensive low-down on his writing efforts to date (with Last Of The Summer Wine charging towards it thirty-first year in 2004).

The BBCi Guide To Comedy : This essential online guide to comedy provides a background to the popular Associated Television (ATV) series The Misfit, a programme which has stemmed from The Troubleshooters. Dennis Vance and Roy Clarke recognized the potential of the character Wallace Nichols from the episode The Dispossessed and approached Lew Grade with a treatment for a series which would feature Ronald Fraser in the title role (as the re-named Basil Allenby-Johnson). The series went on to become quite successful, and this website provides an outline of the programme, amongst a wide variety of other comedy series.

Nostalgia Central : Albeit brief, this website offers a small summary of Mogul and The Troubleshooters. The website itself is particularly noteworthy as it breaks archive British Television into the Sixties, Seventies and Eighties, and provides useful articles and accompanying publicity photographs on a variety of productions. A very slick website in terms of design and content, it is certainly a worthy addition to the favourites listing of the discerning web cruiser.

RECOMMENDED LINKS

ACTION TV : The website which accompanies the popular magazine, Action TV's remit is the coverage of classic cult television series both currently in production and from the last fifty years. The site comprehensively covers series which may have faded into the public memory, programmes which had attained cult status, and programmes which have entertained over the years. Unlike other "magazine" websites, www.action-tv.org.uk is more than just a crude facility for online sales. News, forums and episode guides are just a few of the services provided for site visitors.

THE MAUSOLEUM CLUB : Devoted to British Archive Television, this website is the best, brightest and liveliest discussion forum for potential DVD releases, archive television programmes, news and views concerning current British programming and a great deal more. The website also boasts the first genuine attempt to comprehensively cover, both in terms of content and critical analysis, the BBC's Play For Today series. Now branching into rather excellent magazine publications, The Mausoleum Club is an excellent on-line resource for those passionate about quality television.

The British Film Institute : The BFI website is a superb on-line service offering insightful articles and observations about quality British television, and also boasts news sections, books and videos (available for purchase), film and television facts and information, and is a useful link to Sight And Sound magazine.

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