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Summary
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.
Cast
Jessica Benton
Peter Gilmore
Howard Lang
Anne Stallybrass
Philip Bond
Michael Billington
Brian Rawlinson
Mary Webster
James Hayter
Edward Chapman
Jane Seymour
James Warwick
Jay Neill
Godfrey James
Jenny Laird
Thomas Heathcote
April Walker
Declan Mulholland
Clifford Cox
Mary Webster
Cyril Shaps
Alan Hockey
Pamela Salem
Walter Sparrow
Peter Childs
John Phillips
Richard Parry
Robert Mill
Pamela Sholto
Ric Young
Roger Hammond
Arnold Peters
Robert Gillespie
John Kidd
Edward Dentith
Maureen Nelson
Reg Matthews
Windsor Davies
Gawn Grainger
Ron Hackett
Ruth Kettlewell
Mary Dennison
Roy Hanlon
John Boxer
John Scott Martin
Steve Peters
Heather Canning
Hilda Braid
Nicolette Roeg
Pat Beckett
Anne Tirard
Chris Gannon
Kenneth Waller
Brandon Brady
Michael Brennan
Anthony Sagar
Frank Littlewood
Damaris Hayman
Paula Wilcox
Frederick Arle
John Rapley
Salvin Stewart
John Lyons
David Garfield
Kurt Christian
Lilita De Barros
Barry Keegan
Marc Zuber
Mario Zappellini
Bryan Marshall
Gary Ward
Gary Hope
Golda Casimir
Phillip Ross
Nickolas Grace
John Franklyn-Robbins
John Line
Alfred Bell
Billy Hamon
Michael Menaugh
Grahame Mallard
Rollo Gamble
Iain Cuthbertson
John Thaw
Kevin Stoney
Lawrence Douglas
Rio Fanning
Robert Fyfe
John Abineri
David Morrell
Peter Jeffrey
Clifton Jones
Tony Wright
Neil Kennedy
Susan Chaloner
John Colclough
Douglas Milvain
Brian Young
Judy Nunn
Alexander Duckworth
Alan Tucker
Joanna Cooper
Walter Horsbrugh
Terence Lodge
Willoughby Goddard
Donald Douglas
Jeremy Young
Norman Mitchell
Graham Rigby
Michael Sheard
James Dyrenforth
Juliet Marshall
Montgomery Brown
Sam Mansary
Nicholas Loukes
Nigel Lambert
James Garbutt
Chris Tranchell
Michael Segal
Jack Wild
Ivan Beavis
Michael Collins
Martin Grace
Rhoda Lewis
Eileen Way
John Alderson
Dolores Mantez
Artro Morris
Michael Crane
Paul Dawkins
Frank Mills
Dan Meaden
Yvonne Bonnamy
Marcelle Samett
Pam St. Clement
Noel Purcell
Jack Woolgar
Talfryn Thomas
Bill Stewart
James Mellor
Tony Kenyon
Richard Ireson
Robert Hartley
Adam Blake
Claire Faulkenbridge
John Caesar
Eddie Connor
Charles Adey-Grey
Richard Hurndall
Paul Lavers
John Hollis
Alexandra Knowles
Wolfe Morris
Carolyn Courage
John Harvey
Harold Goodwin
Jules Walters
Tony Boyd
Kevork Malikyan
Alan Wilson
Shay Gorman
Peter Longbow
Ian Elliott
Sonia Dresdel
Steve Gardner
Anthony Roye
Don McKillop
Natalia Lindley
John Breslin
Neville Barber
Michael Bangerter
Leon Eagles
Lila Valmere
Sean Bury
James Locker
Christopher Benjamin
Bruce Boa
John Rae
Dorothy Gordon
Cliff Collingwood
Crew
Creator
Cyril Abraham
Status:
Ended
Original Language:
English
Type:
Scripted
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