The Onedin Line

1971

drama television series

Creator

Cyril Abraham

Network

BBC One

Seasons

8

Episodes

91

Premiered

1971-10-15

Classic drama series charting the fortunes of a Liverpool shipping family headed by the ambitious James Onedin.James Onedin marries Anne Webster in order to get his hands on a ship. However the marriage turns out to be one of true love. James is ruthless in his attempt to get a shipping line started in Liverpool of the 1860s.