The Onedin Line

  • : 1971
  • : 91
  • : 4
  • BBC One
  • Action Adventure Drama History Romance

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2x1
The Hard Case
Episode overview
17, 1972
James Onedin is in need of quick profits to regain control of the Onedin Line which Callon has wrested from him. But when James sails for the West Indies he has a troublemaker aboard …
2x2
Pound and Pint
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24, 1972
Discontent is rapidly mounting aboard James’s clipper The Star of Bethelehem. Led by sailmaker Jessop, the crew plan a seamen’s strike on their return to Liverpool. Anne is increasingly torn between loyalty to her husband and her principles
2x3
A Woman Alone
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01, 1972
Anne has left James and is determined not to return. But James has warned her that she’ll not survive as a woman alone …
2x4
Fetch and Carry
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08, 1972
What is the mystery surrounding the voyage of the Samantha?
2x5
Yellow Jack
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15, 1972
A strange and enigmatic woman called Indigo Jones comes onboard the Charlotte Rhodes, with an offer for James Onedin. Her ship, the Samantha, is damaged, anchored off Cork, and she .. show full overview
2x6
Survivor
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22, 1972
James has chartered a tea-clipper, the Osiris, in an attempt to get the first of the new tea crop home before anyone else, and so reap, as ever, a healthy profit. Albert has a new lady .. show full overview
2x7
Coffin Ship
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29, 1972
The Charlotte Rhodes is caught in a storm, and Baines recommends they jettison cargo to enable them to outrun the tempest, but James refuses to lose profit, and they have to run against .. show full overview
2x8
‘Frisco Bound
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12, 1972
Elizabeth tells Albert she knows of his dalliance with Carrie Harris, and that she has been to see her. As their sniping and arguments escalate, she tells him that she is thinking of .. show full overview
2x9
Beyond The Upper Sea
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19, 1972
Fraser is entertaining a prospective backer for his steamship, a representative from Turkey, who invites him to his country to see an engine they have built there. Albert is anxious to .. show full overview
2x10
An Inch Of Candle
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26, 1972
The Charlotte Rhodes comes across a seemingly abandoned ship, the Maria da Gloria, and James goes onboard to explore her. He finds the ship untended, crewless and her cargo ruined. He .. show full overview
2x11
Goodbye, Goodbye
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03, 1972
Anne is given the despairing news that she can never have a child, for to do so would be to cause her own death. She is devastated, but has little intention of telling her husband, who .. show full overview
2x12
Bloody Week
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10, 1972
Paris is in the hands of Citizen Communards who are fighting a civil war with the rest of France. Nevertheless, James insists on going to Paris to collect an old debt
2x13
The Challenge
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17, 1972
A tea merchant is to sell his Onedin Line shares to the highest bidder. If Fogarty can buy them he will gain control of the company
2x14
Race for Power
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31, 1972
James has challenged Daniel Fogarty to a race from Foochow to Liverpool. The winner will gain control of the Onedin Steamship Company. But with Anne’s news, James has another reason for a fast passage

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