The Onedin Line Season 1

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1x01 The Wind Blows Free aired Oct 15, 1971

Liverpool, 1860. James Onedin acquires the sailing ship 'Charlotte Rhodes' by marrying the owner's daughter, Anne Webster, makes his brother Robert his partn... read more

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1x02 Plain Sailing aired Oct 22, 1971

On the return journey form Portugal, James gets sick and Anne has to improvise with the navigation.

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1x03 Other Points of the Compass aired Oct 29, 1971

Robert finds out the partnership is not a profitable to him as he thought. James' sister Elizabeth is engaged to captain-to-be Daniel Fogarty, but more inter... read more

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1x04 High Price aired Nov 05, 1971

Unable to pay the rent, James and Anne move to a warehouse James just purchased. Elizabeth is pregnant, but not married, quite a scandal at the time.

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1x05 Catch as Can aired Nov 12, 1971

Mr Baines is abducted by a US ship, but James manages to rescue him.

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1x06 Salvage aired Nov 19, 1971

The Charlotte Rhodes gets into trouble just off the coast and Callon rushes in to 'salvage' the ship (which is not insured), knowing that James won't be able... read more

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1x07 Passage to Pernambuco aired Nov 26, 1971

James and Anna finally move to a real house of their own. James convinces his client Briganza tp purchase the clipper Pampero for him, which he would have to... read more

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1x08 The Homecoming aired Dec 03, 1971

On his first voyage with the Pampero, James has made enough profit to pay off the mortgage on the Charlotte Rhodes and the warehouse. An old suitor of Anne a... read more

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1x09 When My Ship Comes Home aired Dec 10, 1971

A clipper James chartered from Callon blows up, and Callon sees in this a chance to ruin him. But James manages to survive financially through a risky (and n... read more

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1x10 A Very Important Passenger aired Dec 17, 1971

James unwittingly transports Giuseppe Garibaldi, on a mission to oust the occupying forces of Austria and France from Italy. The crew turns out to consist of... read more

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1x11 Mutiny aired Dec 24, 1971

James takes over command of a ship on which there has been a mutiny. The crew claim it wasn't mutiny, but relieved the captain of his duties because he had g... read more

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1x12 Cry of the Blackbird aired Jan 07, 1972

James takes passengers from Papua to a missionary school in Victoria, Australia, but it turns out the parson who chartered the ship intends blackbirding (sla... read more

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1x13 Shadow of Doubt aired Jan 14, 1972

Albert finds out Elizabeth's son is not his but Daniel's. James has to deal with smallpox on a voyage to Quebec.

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1x14 Blockade aired Jan 21, 1972

James runs a Yankee blockade in the North American civil war, taking a huge chance with all the company's possessions. It almost goes wrong, but together wit... read more

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1x15 Winner Take All aired Jan 28, 1972

James is a rich man now, with the Onedin Line having 27,484 pounds in assets. Albert convinces him to commission a steamship, for which he issues 100,000 pou... read more

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