The Onedin Line
The wind blows free
Premiered: Oct 15, 1971 | 8 seasons | 91 episodes
Popularity: 11
| Creator: | Cyril Abraham |
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| 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. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Howard Lang | Captain Baines | 91 |
| Peter Gilmore | James Onedin | 91 |
| Jessica Benton | Elizabeth Frazer | 76 |
| Anne Stallybrass | Anne Onedin | 29 |
| Philip Bond | Albert Frazer | 26 |
| Michael Billington | Daniel Fogarty | 23 |
| Brian Rawlinson | Robert Onedin | 21 |
| Jessica Benton | Elizabeth Onedin | 15 |
| James Hayter | Captain Webster | 10 |
| Edward Chapman | Mr. Callon | 9 |
| Jane Seymour | Emma Callon | 8 |
| James Warwick | Edmund Callon | 3 |
| Thomas Heathcote | Fletcher | 3 |
| Jenny Laird | Ellen Jessop | 3 |
| Godfrey James | Jessop | 3 |
| Roger Hammond | Mitchell | 2 |
| Clifford Cox | Mr. Watson | 2 |
| Pamela Sholto | Alice | 2 |
| Declan Mulholland | Mr. Simpson | 2 |
| Mary Webster | Sarah Onedin | 2 |
| Eileen Way | Old Woman | 1 |
| Bryan Marshall | Michael Adams | 1 |
| John Thaw | Mr, Carby | 1 |
| Walter Sparrow | George Bethell | 1 |
| Walter Sparrow | Billy Bones | 1 |
| Nickolas Grace | Arab | 1 |
| Sonia Dresdel | Lady Lazenby | 1 |
| John Franklyn-Robbins | Garibaldi | 1 |
| Rhoda Lewis | Mrs. Taylor | 1 |
| Michael Sheard | Smethurst | 1 |
| Cyril Shaps | Senor Braganza | 1 |
| Cyril Shaps | Senhor Braganza | 1 |
| Wolfe Morris | Suleyman Pasha | 1 |
| Jane Seymour | Emma Fogarty | 1 |
| Ric Young | Liu Chan | 1 |
| Ric Young | Johnny Heave-Ho | 1 |
| James Dyrenforth | Captain Bullock | 1 |
| Donald Douglas | Major Morrison | 1 |
| Clifton Jones | Eremasi | 1 |
| John Hollis | Corry | 1 |
| Richard Ireson | Carlaw | 1 |
| James Garbutt | Tapscott | 1 |
| Christopher Benjamin | Said Ben Salim | 1 |
| Tony Wright | Quennel | 1 |
| John Lyons | Crewman | 1 |
| Paula Wilcox | Agnes Bascombe | 1 |
| Norman Mitchell | Foote | 1 |
| Kevork Malikyan | Hadji Ahmet's Spokesman | 1 |
| Richard Hurndall | Sir Walter Teal | 1 |
| Noel Purcell | Hennessy | 1 |
| John Phillips | Mr. Frazer | 1 |
| John Phillips | Jack - Frazer Senior | 1 |
| Gawn Grainger | Billy Boy | 1 |
| Michael Brennan | Bully Hayes | 1 |
| Frank Mills | Dr. MacWhirter | 1 |
| Bill Stewart | Hadley | 1 |
| Marc Zuber | Peasant | 1 |
| Jeremy Young | Fergusson | 1 |
| John Alderson | Bosun | 1 |
| Hilda Braid | Miss Simmonds | 1 |
| John Breslin | Leon Say | 1 |
| Rio Fanning | Castle | 1 |
| Robert Fyfe | Evans | 1 |
| Billy Hamon | Jacky Clegg | 1 |
| Martin Grace | Martin Thompson | 1 |
| Dorothy Gordon | Midwife | 1 |
| Pam St. Clement | Orderly | 1 |
| Rollo Gamble | Rear Admiral Spinks | 1 |
| John Abineri | Lescaut | 1 |
| Heather Canning | Mrs. Arkwright | 1 |
| Paul Dawkins | The Lord Mayor | 1 |
| Douglas Milvain | Hamway | 1 |
| Barry Keegan | M'Guire | 1 |
| David Morrell | Pilot | 1 |
| Harold Goodwin | Chief Engineer | 1 |
| Dan Meaden | Collector of Customs | 1 |
| Don McKillop | Dorrel | 1 |
| John Harvey | Sir Charles Gray | 1 |
| Gary Hope | Henry Chubb | 1 |
| Terence Lodge | Dugald McCaig | 1 |
| Damaris Hayman | Aunt Letitia | 1 |
| Artro Morris | Captain Jones | 1 |
| Anne Tirard | Ethel | 1 |
| Iain Cuthbertson | Captain Kirkwood | 1 |
| Sean Bury | Jean-Paul | 1 |
| Jack Wild | Peter Thompson | 1 |
| Robert Gillespie | Drummond | 1 |
| Peter Jeffrey | McPherson | 1 |
| Kevin Stoney | Vandoorne | 1 |
| Walter Horsbrugh | Doctor | 1 |
| Steve Peters | Head Waiter | 1 |
| Windsor Davies | Taffy | 1 |
| John Scott Martin | Seaman | 1 |
| John Line | Sir George Pelham | 1 |