The Onedin Line

James Onedin (Peter Gilmore) a penniless sea captain with aspirations to greater things marries Anne Webster (Anne Stallybrass), his only motivation being the acquisition of her drunkard father’s ship. A shrewd, ambitious and often ruthless operator, James soon builds a fleet of merchant ships in which he sails the 19th century seas aided by his loyal and long suffering friend Captain Baines (Howard Lang).