The Onedin Line

The Hard Case

Pound and Pint

A Woman Alone

Fetch and Carry

Yellow Jack

Survivor

Coffin Ship

'Frisco Bound

Beyond the Upper Sea

An Inch of Candle

Anne is Pregnant and is asked to buy a new house. James discovers an abandoned ship.

Goodbye, Goodbye

Bloody Week

The Challenge

Race for Power

The Ship Devils

The Stranger

Echoes from Afar

Amazon Cargo

Danger Level

Black Gold

Law of the Fist

Ice and Fire

A Proposal of Marriage

Over the Horizon

The Silver Caddy

Port Out, Starboard Home

The Passenger

Loss of the Helen May

A Cold Wind Blowing

Not Wanted on Voyage

Undercurrent

Quarantine

Uncharted Island

A Clear Conscience

Shipwreck

The Gamble

Month of the Albatross

When Troubles Come

Five years have elapsed. Onedin is a prisoner in a settlement in South America from where he is rescued by Captain Baine

Rescue

James Onedin returns to Liverpool, his ships laden with grain from Turkey. The sale of this will pay off the interest on

Coffin Ships

Five ships, all carrying iron plate, have foundered - people betting on the losses, including Mr. Dunwoody, Elizabeth's

The Trade Winds

Having exposed Macauley's insurance scam James proposes to Letty, who accepts. Daniel also returns to Liverpool, now a v

The Stowaway

On the eve of his voyage to Montevideo Letty tells James she will marry him - in her own good time. She also gives Willi

Dead Man’s Cargo

Letty tells James she invested in William's steam engine project and he buys a flour mill in her name, sailing to Pennsy

A Hard Life

William makes his peace with his parents but assures them that his interest in developing steam engines supersedes his d

The Hostage

James and Captain Baines sail to Palermo to pick up emigrants for America. Whilst James is ashore with his Sicilian agen

Uncharted Waters

James is importing jute from Scotland and is not happy to learn that Letty's mill-workers are repairing old jute sacks,

A Close Run Thing

James and Letty are to be married on board ship by Captain Baines but this nearly does not happen when a group of shangh

No Smoke Without Fire

Fearing unrest in South Africa Daniel asks James to bring home a large amount of gold from the country - unofficially. J

Collision Course

William takes a Frazer ship out in fog and gets it in a collision with one of the Onedin ships. It is arranged that the

Double Dealers

Samuel does not let sentiment cloud his father's death, proposing to Letty that her mill-workers make bed linen which he

Stand by to Go About

Daniel is anxious to break the Liverpool to Manchester railway's transport monopoly of the Merseyside docks and rail boa

The Upright Man

James and Sir Daniel combine to thwart William in his bid to buy the five ships belonging to elderly Captain Murchieson

The Reverend’s Daughter

Elizabeth clashes with Daniel over his support for the Manchester Ship Canal, which she fears will weaken Liverpool as a

Highly Explosive

Letty tells James that she is pregnant and Charlotte gives William the same news. He is stunned and, as he does not love

A Sea of Troubles

James learns of Charlotte's situation but refuses permission for her to marry William, whom he regards as worthless, and

Men of Honour

As the council election approaches, Elizabeth, equally disapproving of her husband's interest in the Manchester Ship Can

The Fortune Hunters

Newly elected to Parliament Daniel joins with Elizabeth to prevent William from selling the Frazer Line to an apparent c

Liverpool Bound

Newly elected to Parliament Daniel joins with Elizabeth to prevent William from selling the Frazer Line to an apparent c

The Homecoming

Leaving Letty feeling adrift in their new, large country house James sails to Belfast, persuading cash-strapped Captain

The Paddy Westers

William's death causes a rift between Charlotte and Samuel, not helped when they learn that William left his son twenty

Dirty Cargo

Whilst Charlotte becomes bored with life with Samuel, James learns that Elizabeth is sailing to South Africa with a myst

To Honour and Obey

James takes Mr. Da Silva and his cargo of lemons to the Azores but crew members Harris and McDade bully cabin boy Tom in

Running Free

Seth Burgess obtains a contract to take China clay to Jamaica but whilst James is transporting it Burgess elopes with Ch

The Suitor

Whilst Charles Marston goes into partnership with Elizabeth to build a South American railway Sarah accepts a marriage p

Storm Clouds

Letty faces opposition to establishing her orphanage from bigots who feel it will lower the tone of the area. Despite he

Outward Bound

James pursues Charlotte and Burgess to Cyprus where he exposes the young captain's interest in his daughter as being pur

Homeward Bound

The Doyles return to Liverpool and Samuel declares his love for Helen but Charlotte refuses to divorce him - whilst Sara

A Royal Return

Letty has died from diphtheria caught from one of her orphans and Elizabeth has returned from Turkey to ensure the orpha

Revenge

Still in Bulgaria having dropped off the disguised, fugitive Prince Alexander Onedin and Captain Baines are captured by

Blood Ties

An ancient cannon Captain Baines believes to have belonged to Henry Morgan and spirited Margarita, daughter of South Ame

The Honeymoon

James marries Margarita and they sail to Sumatra to establish trade in the East Indies, staying with Dutch ship-owning b

Jonah’s Luck

Defying the superstition that it is bad luck to set sail on a Friday, James travels to Africa and outwits a local witch

The Price of Pride

Captain Baines leaves the Onedin Line and, with Tom aboard, collects his first cargo as owner of the 'Sea Spray'. James

Vengeance

Devastated by Tom's death, Captain Baines blames Onedin for hectoring the boy into running away and joining the 'Sea Spr

Guilty - In All Innocence

Charlotte is reunited with her father after visiting him in jail. Margarita and Samuel pursue the man suspected of plant

A Long Way Home

Max Van Der Rheede is imprisoned and James is free. He beats Samuel to the contract of transporting nitrate and sets sai