   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 1886jeff evans the penguin tv companion, london: penguin, 2006, p.624 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 (mostly lower and upper middle class). 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. also the construction of manchester ship canal is mentioned in one episode. ==story outline== james onedin (peter gilmore), the younger son of old samuel onedin, a miserly ship chandler, was a penniless sea captain with aspirations to greater things. in order to become a ship-owner, he married anne webster (anne stallybrass), who was some years his senior (in real life, stallybrass was seven years younger than gilmore). the spinster daughter of captain joshua webster, owner of the topsail schooner "charlotte rhodes", anne entered into the marriage in full awareness that it was purely a business transaction on onedin's part; but a warmer relationship gradually developed. the '"charlotte rhodes" was portrayed by a schooner built in 1900, originally named kathleen & may;kathleen & may http://kathleenandmay.co.uk pr
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