The Onedin Line
The wind blows free
The Onedin Line is a BBC television drama series which ran from 1971 to 1980. The series was created by Cyril Abraham. The series is set in Liverpool from 1860 to 1886 and deals with the rise of a shipping line, the Onedin Line, named after its owner James Onedin. Around this central theme are the lives of his family, most notably his brother and partner, shop owner Robert, and his sister Elizabeth, giving insight into the lifestyle and customs at the time, not only at sea, but also ashore. The series also illustrates some of the changes in business and shipping, such as from wooden to steel ships and from sailing ships to steam ships. It shows the role that ships played in affairs like international politics, uprisings and the slave trade.
Created by Cyril Abraham
Seasons
Cast
Jessica BentonElizabeth Frazer · 91 ep.
Peter GilmoreJames Onedin · 91 ep.HHoward LangCaptain Baines · 91 ep.
Anne StallybrassAnne Onedin · 29 ep.
Philip BondAlbert Frazer · 26 ep.
Michael BillingtonDaniel Fogarty · 23 ep.
Edward ChapmanMr. Callon · 9 ep.
Brian RawlinsonRobert Onedin · 21 ep.MMary WebsterSarah Onedin · 13 ep.
James HayterCaptain Webster · 10 ep.
Robert GillespieDrummond · 1 ep.JJohn KiddAgnew · 1 ep.EEdward DentithCaptain Davies · 1 ep.DDeclan MulhollandMr. Simpson · 2 ep.MMaureen NelsonMrs. Furlong · 1 ep.RReg MatthewsClerk · 1 ep.
Windsor DaviesTaffy · 1 ep.
Gawn GraingerBilly Boy · 1 ep.RRon HackettJacko Waters · 1 ep.
Ruth KettlewellWaters' Mother · 1 ep.MMary DennisonMrs. Waters · 1 ep.RRoy HanlonGinger Flynn · 1 ep.CClifford CoxMr. Watson · 2 ep.JJohn BoxerClipper Captain · 1 ep.JJohn Scott MartinSeaman · 1 ep.SSteve PetersHead Waiter · 1 ep.
Mary WebsterSarah Onedin · 2 ep.
Cyril ShapsSenor Braganza · 2 ep.
Heather CanningMrs. Arkwright · 1 ep.
Hilda BraidMiss Simmonds · 1 ep.NNicolette RoegAda Gamble · 1 ep.PPat BeckettMidwife · 1 ep.AAnne TirardEthel · 1 ep.CChris GannonIrish Immigrant · 1 ep.
Kenneth WallerDrayman · 1 ep.
James WarwickEdmund Callon · 3 ep.BBrandon BradyCaptain · 1 ep.
Michael BrennanBully Hayes · 1 ep.AAnthony SagarMr. Lyons · 1 ep.FFrank LittlewoodPocock · 1 ep.
Damaris HaymanAunt Letitia · 1 ep.
Paula WilcoxAgnes Bascombe · 1 ep.FFrederick ArleJack Littlejohn · 1 ep.JJohn RapleyBarman · 1 ep.SSalvin StewartCrewman · 1 ep.
John LyonsCrewman · 1 ep.
David GarfieldDom Vasco · 1 ep.KKurt ChristianFelipo · 1 ep.LLilita De BarrosSarita · 1 ep.
Barry KeeganM'Guire · 1 ep.MMarc ZuberPeasant · 1 ep.MMario ZappelliniPeasant · 1 ep.
Bryan MarshallMichael Adams · 1 ep.GGary WardBilly · 1 ep.
Gary HopeHenry Chubb · 1 ep.
Golda CasimirKate · 1 ep.PPhillip RossCaptain Goody · 1 ep.
Nickolas GraceArab · 1 ep.
John Franklyn-RobbinsGaribaldi · 1 ep.JJohn LineSir George Pelham · 1 ep.Crew
Gerald Blake (Director), David Cunliffe (Director), Ben Rea (Director), Peter Graham Scott (Director), Gilchrist Calder (Director), Michael Hayes (Director), Viktors Ritelis (Director), Peter Cregeen (Director)
Cyril Abraham (Writer), Alun Richards (Writer), David Weir (Writer), Bruce Stewart (Writer), Allan Prior (Writer), Barry Thomas (Writer), Roy Russell (Writer), Martin Worth (Writer)
Peter Cregeen (Producer)
Bill Symon (Editor), Alistair McKay (Editor), Colin Rae (Editor), Peter Gillbe (Editor), Peter Rose (Editor), Terry Cornelius (Editor), Martin Winterton (Editor), John Needham (Editor)
Known as
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