Chronicling an ambitious man's creation of a shipping line operating out of Liverpool in the 1860s.
Show Details:
Start date: Oct 1971
End date: Oct 1980
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BBC One (UK)
Run time: 60 min
Episodes: 91 eps
Genre(s): Drama, Historical
End date: Oct 1980
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BBC One (UK)
Run time: 60 min
Episodes: 91 eps
Genre(s): Drama, Historical
Credits:
- regulars:
- Peter Gilmore as James Onedin
- Jessica Benton as Elizabeth Frazer
- Howard Lang as Captain Baines
- Mary Webster as Sarah Onedin
- Brian Rawlinson as Robert Onedin
- Michael Billington as Daniel Fogarty
- Jill Gascoine as Letty Onedin
- Christopher Douglas as Samuel Onedin
- Laura Hartong as Charlotte Onedin
- Anne Stallybrass as Anne
Episode list & details from:
TVmaze
| Episode # | Original Air Date |
Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | |||
| 1. | 1-1 | 15 Oct 71 | The Wind Blows Free |
| 2. | 1-2 | 22 Oct 71 | Plain Sailing |
| 3. | 1-3 | 29 Oct 71 | Other Points of the Compass |
| 4. | 1-4 | 05 Nov 71 | High Price |
| 5. | 1-5 | 12 Nov 71 | Catch as Can |
| 6. | 1-6 | 19 Nov 71 | Salvage |
| 7. | 1-7 | 26 Nov 71 | Passage to Pernambuco |
| 8. | 1-8 | 03 Dec 71 | The Homecoming |
| 9. | 1-9 | 10 Dec 71 | When My Ship Comes Home |
| 10. | 1-10 | 17 Dec 71 | A Very Important Passenger |
| 11. | 1-11 | 24 Dec 71 | Mutiny |
| 12. | 1-12 | 07 Jan 72 | Cry of the Blackbird |
| 13. | 1-13 | 14 Jan 72 | Shadow of Doubt |
| 14. | 1-14 | 21 Jan 72 | Blockade |
| 15. | 1-15 | 28 Jan 72 | Winner Take All |
| Season 2 | |||
| 16. | 2-1 | 17 Sep 72 | The Hard Case |
| 17. | 2-2 | 24 Sep 72 | Pound and Pint |
| 18. | 2-3 | 01 Oct 72 | A Woman Alone |
| 19. | 2-4 | 08 Oct 72 | Fetch and Carry |
| 20. | 2-5 | 15 Oct 72 | Yellow Jack |
| 21. | 2-6 | 22 Oct 72 | Survivor |
| 22. | 2-7 | 29 Oct 72 | Coffin Ship |
| 23. | 2-8 | 12 Nov 72 | ‘Frisco Bound |
| 24. | 2-9 | 19 Nov 72 | Beyond the Upper Sea |
| 25. | 2-10 | 26 Nov 72 | An Inch of Candle |
| 26. | 2-11 | 03 Dec 72 | Goodbye, Goodbye |
| 27. | 2-12 | 10 Dec 72 | Bloody Week |
| 28. | 2-13 | 17 Dec 72 | The Challenge |
| 29. | 2-14 | 31 Dec 72 | Race for Power |
| Season 3 | |||
| 30. | 3-1 | 21 Oct 73 | The Ship Devils |
| 31. | 3-2 | 28 Oct 73 | The Stranger |
| 32. | 3-3 | 04 Nov 73 | Echoes from Afar |
| 33. | 3-4 | 11 Nov 73 | Amazon Cargo |
| 34. | 3-5 | 18 Nov 73 | Danger Level |
| 35. | 3-6 | 25 Nov 73 | Black Gold |
| 36. | 3-7 | 09 Dec 73 | Law of the Fist |
| 37. | 3-8 | 16 Dec 73 | Ice and Fire |
| 38. | 3-9 | 23 Dec 73 | A Proposal of Marriage |
| 39. | 3-10 | 06 Jan 74 | Over the Horizon |
| 40. | 3-11 | 13 Jan 74 | The Silver Caddy |
| 41. | 3-12 | 20 Jan 74 | Port Out, Starboard Home |
| 42. | 3-13 | 27 Jan 74 | The Passenger |
| Season 4 | |||
| 43. | 4-1 | 25 Apr 76 | Loss of the Helen May |
| 44. | 4-2 | 02 May 76 | A Cold Wind Blowing |
| 45. | 4-3 | 09 May 76 | Not Wanted on Voyage |
| 46. | 4-4 | 16 May 76 | Undercurrent |
| 47. | 4-5 | 23 May 76 | Quarantine |
| 48. | 4-6 | 30 May 76 | Uncharted Island |
| 49. | 4-7 | 06 Jun 76 | A Clear Conscience |
| 50. | 4-8 | 13 Jun 76 | Shipwreck |
| 51. | 4-9 | 20 Jun 76 | The Gamble |
| 52. | 4-10 | 27 Jun 76 | Month of the Albatross |
| Season 5 | |||
| 53. | 5-1 | 26 Jun 77 | When Troubles Come |
| 54. | 5-2 | 03 Jul 77 | Rescue |
| 55. | 5-3 | 10 Jul 77 | Coffin Ships |
| 56. | 5-4 | 17 Jul 77 | The Trade Winds |
| 57. | 5-5 | 24 Jul 77 | The Stowaway |
| 58. | 5-6 | 31 Jul 77 | Dead Man's Cargo |
| 59. | 5-7 | 07 Aug 77 | A Hard Life |
| 60. | 5-8 | 14 Aug 77 | The Hostage |
| 61. | 5-9 | 21 Aug 77 | Uncharted Waters |
| 62. | 5-10 | 28 Aug 77 | A Close Run Thing |
| Season 6 | |||
| 63. | 6-1 | 16 Jul 78 | No Smoke Without Fire |
| 64. | 6-2 | 23 Jul 78 | Collision Course |
| 65. | 6-3 | 30 Jul 78 | Double Dealers |
| 66. | 6-4 | 06 Aug 78 | Stand by to Go About |
| 67. | 6-5 | 13 Aug 78 | The Upright Man |
| 68. | 6-6 | 20 Aug 78 | The Reverend's Daughter |
| 69. | 6-7 | 27 Aug 78 | Highly Explosive |
| 70. | 6-8 | 03 Sep 78 | A Sea of Troubles |
| 71. | 6-9 | 10 Sep 78 | Men of Honour |
| 72. | 6-10 | 17 Sep 78 | The Fortune Hunters |
| Season 7 | |||
| 73. | 7-1 | 22 Jul 79 | Liverpool Bound |
| 74. | 7-2 | 29 Jul 79 | The Homecoming |
| 75. | 7-3 | 05 Aug 79 | The Paddy Westers |
| 76. | 7-4 | 12 Aug 79 | Dirty Cargo |
| 77. | 7-5 | 19 Aug 79 | To Honour and Obey |
| 78. | 7-6 | 26 Aug 89 | Running Free |
| 79. | 7-7 | 02 Sep 79 | The Suitor |
| 80. | 7-8 | 09 Sep 79 | Storm Clouds |
| 81. | 7-9 | 16 Sep 79 | Outward Bound |
| 82. | 7-10 | 23 Sep 79 | Homeward Bound |
| Season 8 | |||
| 83. | 8-1 | 31 Aug 80 | A Royal Return |
| 84. | 8-2 | 07 Sep 80 | Revenge |
| 85. | 8-3 | 14 Sep 80 | Blood Ties |
| 86. | 8-4 | 21 Sep 80 | The Honeymoon |
| 87. | 8-5 | 28 Sep 80 | Jonah's Luck |
| 88. | 8-6 | 05 Oct 80 | The Price of Pride |
| 89. | 8-7 | 12 Oct 80 | Vengeance |
| 90. | 8-8 | 19 Oct 80 | Guilty - In All Innocence |
| 91. | 8-9 | 26 Oct 80 | A Long Way Home |