The Onedin Line backdrop
The Onedin Line poster
Drama

The Best Episodes of The Onedin Line

Every episode of The Onedin Line ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Onedin Line!

The Best Episodes of The Onedin Line

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...

Seasons8

  1. Background image for Uncharted Island
    8.9/10(20 votes)

    #1 - Uncharted Island

    S4:E6

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Race for Power
    8.7/10(32 votes)

    #2 - Race for Power

    S2:E14

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
  3. Background image for The Passenger
    8.6/10(18 votes)

    #3 - The Passenger

    S3:E13

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for A Close Run Thing
    8.6/10(18 votes)

    #4 - A Close Run Thing

    S5:E10

    James and Letty are to be married on board ship by Captain Baines but this nearly does not happen when a group of shanghaied sailors attempt to overwhelm them, the plan being foiled by elderly Captain Jack and the marriage does go ahead. Daniel Fogarty has returned from Australia a rich man. He has begun a charity, the Albert Fund, and is knighted for his services. He marries Elizabeth at last but James's experience has prevented him from being their best man.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for The Fortune Hunters
    8.5/10(14 votes)

    #5 - The Fortune Hunters

    S6:E10

    Newly elected to Parliament Daniel joins with Elizabeth to prevent William from selling the Frazer Line to an apparent consortium, actually a front for Beaumont. To take his mind off his son's death James sails to Africa with Captain Baines to find diamonds but they end up adrift in an open boat for three months. Letty never doubts that he will come back and, on his return, he gives half of the Onedin Line to Samuel, who has married Charlotte just in time for the birth of her son.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Pound and Pint
    8.4/10(25 votes)

    #6 - Pound and Pint

    S2:E2

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Ben Rea
  7. Trending NowTRENDING NOW

    The 20 WORST Episodes of The Onedin Line

    READ
  8. Background image for The Trade Winds
    8.4/10(14 votes)

    #7 - The Trade Winds

    S5:E4

    Having exposed Macauley's insurance scam James proposes to Letty, who accepts. Daniel also returns to Liverpool, now a very wealthy man. Robert considers opening a department store and travels with Captain Baines and Samuel to New York, where he is robbed and very nearly press-ganged. James takes on a voyage to import some sheep but it causes him to postpone the wedding and Letty, as a consequence, declares the engagement and wedding off.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for 'Frisco Bound
    8.3/10(29 votes)

    #8 - 'Frisco Bound

    S2:E8

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
  10. Background image for Beyond the Upper Sea
    8.3/10(29 votes)

    #9 - Beyond the Upper Sea

    S2:E9

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Cyril Coke
  11. Background image for Goodbye, Goodbye
    8.3/10(27 votes)

    #10 - Goodbye, Goodbye

    S2:E11

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
    Writer:David Weir
  12. Background image for Law of the Fist
    8.3/10(16 votes)

    #11 - Law of the Fist

    S3:E7

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Coffin Ships
    8.3/10(15 votes)

    #12 - Coffin Ships

    S5:E3

    Five ships, all carrying iron plate, have foundered - people betting on the losses, including Mr. Dunwoody, Elizabeth's clerk, who buys the company house where Robert and Sarah live, forcing them to return to live over the shop. James accepts a cargo of iron plate and discovers the ship is being sabotaged by Kirk, a sailor in the pay of Macauley, who also sunk the other five. Whilst Elizabeth's son, William is only interested in commerce, Robert's boy, Samuel, is keen to go to sea. James returns to Liverpool and finds that Letty, tired of waiting for a marriage proposal, has gone.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Highly Explosive
    8.3/10(13 votes)

    #13 - Highly Explosive

    S6:E7

    Letty tells James that she is pregnant and Charlotte gives William the same news. He is stunned and, as he does not love her, refuses to marry her - although she has confided in Samuel that she believes they will wed. Samuel takes the news badly and, when he and James, sailing to Ireland, come across a deserted steamer full of high explosives, feels sufficiently reckless to help James put the cargo overboard, though they are successful and claim the salvage rights. William turns twenty-one and inherits his mother's share of the Frazer yard, which he intends to sell.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Shadow of Doubt
    8.2/10(27 votes)

    #14 - Shadow of Doubt

    S1:E13

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Ben Rea
  16. Background image for An Inch of Candle
    8.2/10(27 votes)

    #15 - An Inch of Candle

    S2:E10

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

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Gerald Blake
  17. Background image for The Silver Caddy
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    #16 - The Silver Caddy

    S3:E11

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Not Wanted on Voyage
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    #17 - Not Wanted on Voyage

    S4:E3

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for A Clear Conscience
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    #18 - A Clear Conscience

    S4:E7

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for A Sea of Troubles
    8.2/10(12 votes)

    #19 - A Sea of Troubles

    S6:E8

    James learns of Charlotte's situation but refuses permission for her to marry William, whom he regards as worthless, and sends her out of Liverpool to have her child. He also encourages Daniel to stand against the greedy Beaumont as a councillor to thwart the banker's aim to take more land for himself if elected though Elizabeth is still unhappy about her husband's support for the ship canal. Captain Baines brings home a ship from South America, whose dying captain is an old enemy of his. Baines falls for the man's wife and considers buying the ship when her husband dies but James beats him to it.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Catch as Can
    8.1/10(35 votes)

    #20 - Catch as Can

    S1:E5

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
  22. Background image for The Challenge
    8.1/10(29 votes)

    #21 - The Challenge

    S2:E13

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
  23. Background image for Amazon Cargo
    8.1/10(19 votes)

    #22 - Amazon Cargo

    S3:E4

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Danger Level
    8.1/10(19 votes)

    #23 - Danger Level

    S3:E5

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Black Gold
    8.1/10(18 votes)

    #24 - Black Gold

    S3:E6

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Port Out, Starboard Home
    8.1/10(15 votes)

    #25 - Port Out, Starboard Home

    S3:E12

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Uncharted Island" is the best rated episode of "The Onedin Line". It scored 8.9/10 based on 20 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/30/1976. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Race for Power".