THE ONEDIN LINE (SET 1)

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• Release Year: 1971
• Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
• Plot: • THE WIND BLOWS FREE • PLAIN SAILING •; OTHER POINTS OF THE COMPASS • THE HIGH PRICE; ; Set in England in the 1860s when British naval strength was the envy of Europe, this saga charts the fortunes of an ambitious, clever and determined ship owner whose pro ate life is more tempestuous than the seas he sails.; ; James Onedin (Peter Gilmore) is the son of a waterside shopkeeper who has died and left hint with no inheritance. All James has is a legacy of £25 and a shrewd, business mind. Despite his scheming sister and her husband who run a rival shipping company, he is resolute in his attempt to start a shipping line in a changing world.; ; Onedin is ruthless, but farsighted and with steam a possibility for the future, he swiftly embarks on his rise from impoverished seaman to wealthy ship owner and founder of The Onedin Line.; ; Worldwide location filming and fabulous footage of genuine tall ships are among the highlights of this popular BBC period drama.
• Cast: Peter Gilmore, Jessica Benton, Howard Lang, Mary Webster, Brian Rawlinson, Michael Billington, Anne Stallybrass, Philip Bond, Christopher Douglas, Jill Gascoine, Laura Hartong, James Hayter, John Rapley, John Phillips, Kate Nelligan, Edward Chapman, James Garbutt, Caroline Harris, Ken Hutchison, Jane Seymour, Michael Walker, Robert James, Keith Jayne, Frederick Jaeger, Patricia Prior, Cyril Shaps, Thomas Heathcote, Arnold Peters, Roberta Iger, Rio Fanning, Alan Hockey, David Garfield, Jay Neill, Clifford Cox, James Warwick, Jeremy Young, Godfrey James, Jenny Laird, April Walker, Leslie Schofield, John Wentworth, Frank Gatliff, Victoria Thomas, Tom Adams, David Shaw, Maurice Colbourne, Lawrence Douglas, John Franklyn-Robbins, John Boxer, John Kidd, John Scott Martin, Walter Sparrow, Declan Mulholland, Kenneth Waller, Paul Lavers, Chris Tranchell, Pat Gorman, Anthony Roye, Andrew Lane, Marc Harrison, Jeananne Crowley, Bob Docherty, Ian Masters, T.P. McKenna, Warren Clarke, Marcelle Samett, Cliff Collingwood, Peter Longbow, Peter Childs, Roger Hammond, Robert Mill, Richard Parry, Pamela Salem, Pamela Sholto, Jack Wild, Eric Young, George Balentine, Ken Halliwell, Angus Lennie, Stephen Sheppard, Brian Hawksley, Roy Pattison, Jack Watson, Roy Evans, Jimmy Gardner, Rex Robinson, Sarah Grazebrook
• Runtime: 3:18
• Company: BBC Video
• Media Format: movie