The Troubleshooters · SEASON 4
Dragon By The Tail
Episode 1 · 1967-10-13

- Drama
Episode overview
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 oilfield, is said to want to defect with details of new Chinese drilling methods. Through local manager Richard Short, Thornton meets Ho's daughter Esther, who says a guide wants a large sum to arrange her father's escape, and Thornton suspects a trap.
50 minutes
Season 4 episodes
1. Dragon By The Tail1967-10-13
2. The Daring Young Man1967-10-20
3. Where The Carpet Ends1967-10-27
4. Winner Lose All1967-11-10
5. A Nice White Girl - Is She For Sale?1967-11-17
6. Mr. Know-How1967-11-24
7. And The Walls Came Tumbling Down1967-12-01
8. Good Lord, No, It's Illegal1967-12-08
9. Thanks For Nothing1967-12-15
10. Rest You Merry1967-12-22
11. Who Buys Who?1967-12-29
12. The Deeper You Dig1968-01-05
13. Kitchener Knew It Well1968-01-12
14. The Sharp End Of The Wedge1968-01-19
15. Just A Bunch Of Arabs In Kilts1968-01-26
16. Not For My Friend - He's Driving1968-02-09
17. Stop It, You're Breaking My Heart1968-02-16
18. A Girl To Warm Your Feet On1968-02-23
19. Give Me The Simple Life1968-03-01
20. A Slight Problem With The Press1968-03-08
21. Never The Twain1968-03-15
22. Cut Off Whose Nose1968-03-22
23. The Day The Sea Caught Fire1968-03-29
24. The Dispossessed1968-04-05
25. The Wrecking Of The Sierra Nevada1968-04-19
26. The Minister of the Crown... and the Very Compromising Photograph1968-05-03