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The Worst Episodes of The Onedin Line

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Worst episode
S1E12 Cry of the Blackbird
6.636 votes
Best episode
S2E14 Race for Power
8.834 votes
Top season
Season 5
8.2avg
Binge time
3d 3h
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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Onedin Line Season 1 Episode 12 - Cry of the Blackbird
    6.6/10(36 votes)

    S1:E12

    No description available

    Director:Gerald Blake
    Writer:Bruce Stewart

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  2. The Onedin Line Season 8 Episode 4 - The Honeymoon
    6.6/10(15 votes)

    S8:E4

    James marries Margarita and they sail to Sumatra to establish trade in the East Indies, staying with Dutch ship-owning brothers Max and Theodore Van der Rheede. The brothers are not happy to learn that James has undercut them on a tobacco contract and the dominant Max suggests to his younger brother that they sell up and return to Europe. On the voyage home Margarita intercedes on behalf of a sailor she believes to be harshly-treated, influencing Baines to show him leniency. Back in Liverpool they find that Max has moved there ahead of them but his brother has drowned himself.

    Director:Gilchrist Calder
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Onedin Line Season 2 Episode 12 - Bloody Week
    7.2/10(29 votes)

    S2:E12

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    Director:Gerald Blake
    Writer:David Weir

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  4. The Onedin Line Season 1 Episode 11 - Mutiny
    7.3/10(38 votes)

    S1:E11

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    Director:David Cunliffe
    Writer:Ian Kennedy Martin

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  5. The Onedin Line Season 2 Episode 4 - Fetch and Carry
    7.5/10(28 votes)

    S2:E4

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    Director:Ben Rea
    Writer:Alun Richards

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  6. The Onedin Line Season 1 Episode 2 - Plain Sailing
    7.6/10(45 votes)

    S1:E2

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    Director:Paul Ciappessoni
    Writer:Cyril Abraham

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  7. The Onedin Line Season 7 Episode 3 - The Paddy Westers
    7.4/10(16 votes)

    S7:E3

    William's death causes a rift between Charlotte and Samuel, not helped when they learn that William left his son twenty thousand pounds. Seth Burgess is duped by the infamous tavern-keeper Paddy West into paying him for a crew to sail to New York with James. However they are not seamen but largely European immigrants, including a Count and his pregnant wife. James is reluctant to put them ashore on Ellis island but changes his mind after the count saves him from an attack by a fugitive murderer. Captain Baines recovers the money from West by arm -wrestling him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Onedin Line Season 6 Episode 1 - No Smoke Without Fire
    7.4/10(15 votes)

    S6:E1

    Fearing unrest in South Africa Daniel asks James to bring home a large amount of gold from the country - unofficially. James naturally wants his cut. Tim, a young crew member, is subjected to a crossing the line ritual during which a man falls overboard and drowns. A cargo of wool on the ship catches fire, after which it is discovered that the gold has been stolen. Tim is responsible and speaks up to Onedin about inequality. In Liverpool Robert's son Samuel returns home whilst Elizabeth's son William declares his intention to be the richest man in the port in five years' time.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Onedin Line Season 1 Episode 3 - Other Points of the Compass
    7.7/10(42 votes)

    S1:E3

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    Director:Moira Armstrong
    Writer:Alun Richards

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  10. The Onedin Line Season 3 Episode 2 - The Stranger
    7.6/10(22 votes)

    S3:E2

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Onedin Line Season 3 Episode 9 - A Proposal of Marriage
    7.6/10(22 votes)

    S3:E9

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Onedin Line Season 8 Episode 6 - The Price of Pride
    7.5/10(15 votes)

    S8:E6

    Captain Baines leaves the Onedin Line and, with Tom aboard, collects his first cargo as owner of the 'Sea Spray'. James suffers as some clients will only trust their freight to his old ship-mate and the vengeful Van Der Rheede - who is out to break him - calls in the debt sold on by Samuel, who returns from New York with a wealthy American bride. To compound matters Charlotte arrives back in Liverpool as a music-hall singer. Ultimately, though, it is Captain Baines who pays the price of pride as his ship blows up, killing Tom.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Onedin Line Season 1 Episode 7 - Passage to Pernambuco
    7.7/10(36 votes)

    S1:E7

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    Director:Darrol Blake
    Writer:Cyril Abraham

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  14. The Onedin Line Season 5 Episode 1 - When Troubles Come
    7.6/10(17 votes)

    S5:E1

    Five years have elapsed. Onedin is a prisoner in a settlement in South America from where he is rescued by Captain Baines, and they return to Liverpool. Macaulay, a wealthy Australian, keen to invest in the shipping trade with South Africa, does business with the Onedin's but when the bank crashes, the Onedin's lose out as their collateral is taken. Robert loses his shop and James's ships are forfeited but he manages to get them out of port before Macaulay claims them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Onedin Line Season 3 Episode 8 - Ice and Fire
    7.7/10(21 votes)

    S3:E8

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Onedin Line Season 1 Episode 6 - Salvage
    7.8/10(37 votes)

    S1:E6

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    Director:Viktors Ritelis
    Writer:Michael J. Bird

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  17. The Onedin Line Season 1 Episode 9 - When My Ship Comes Home
    7.8/10(32 votes)

    S1:E9

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    Director:Ken Hannam
    Writer:David Weir

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  18. The Onedin Line Season 2 Episode 6 - Survivor
    7.8/10(28 votes)

    S2:E6

    No description available

    Director:Roger Jenkins
    Writer:Peter Graham Scott

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  19. The Onedin Line Season 3 Episode 1 - The Ship Devils
    7.8/10(23 votes)

    S3:E1

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Onedin Line Season 3 Episode 4 - Amazon Cargo
    7.8/10(21 votes)

    S3:E4

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Onedin Line Season 4 Episode 9 - The Gamble
    7.8/10(18 votes)

    S4:E9

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    Director:Michael Hayes
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Onedin Line Season 8 Episode 5 - Jonah’s Luck
    7.8/10(18 votes)

    S8:E5

    Defying the superstition that it is bad luck to set sail on a Friday, James travels to Africa and outwits a local witch doctor to establish a trading post on the Niger. However he falls out with Captain Baines, who now has his own ship, 'The Sea Spray', in the process. Back in Liverpool Margarita is mugged whilst exploring the city alone and Samuel uses his uncle's debt to pay Van Der Rheede for a warehouse in New York.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Onedin Line Season 1 Episode 1 - The Wind Blows Free
    7.9/10(56 votes)

    S1:E1

    No description available

    Director:William Slater
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Onedin Line Season 5 Episode 8 - The Hostage
    7.8/10(14 votes)

    S5:E8

    James and Captain Baines sail to Palermo to pick up emigrants for America. Whilst James is ashore with his Sicilian agent Benito, several Mafia bandits led by local don Ranocci take over the ship and in the subsequent gun-battle the mate is killed and Captain Baines and the crew taken hostage. They will be released if James gives Ranocci the money taken from the locals for their voyage but James has other ideas and leads the oppressed Sicilians against the Mafia. At home Letty goes into business and William is as disapproving of his parents' relationship as they are of his intense friendship with Charlotte.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Onedin Line Season 1 Episode 4 - High Price
    7.9/10(40 votes)

    S1:E4

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    Director:Viktors Ritelis
    Writer:Cyril Abraham

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Cry of the Blackbird" is the worst rated episode of The Onedin Line. It scored 6.6/10 from 36 votes. Directed by Gerald Blake and written by Bruce Stewart, it aired on January 7, 1972.

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