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4 unusual facts about The Onedin Line


Allan Line Royal Mail Steamers

The 1970s British television series The Onedin Line (1971-80) is a complex and veiled take on the Allan Line Family and their Steamships.

Christian Radich

The ship also appeared as herself in the 1970s BBC TV series The Onedin Line, as one of James Onedin's ships.

Kingswear

In recent history, Kingswear and the River Dart were used as filming locations for the movie The French Lieutenant's Woman and the television series The Onedin Line, where Kingswear represented the Old World and Dartmouth the New World, thus giving rise to the comments of the local tour guides that this was the shortest ever crossing of the Atlantic.

Soren Larsen

The ship was one of seven ships used when filming the British BBC TV-series The Onedin Line.


Christopher Barry

His other television credits include Compact (1962), Paul Temple (1970-1971), Z-Cars (1971-1978), Poldark (1975), The Onedin Line (1977), All Creatures Great and Small (1978-1980), Juliet Bravo (1980), Dramarama (1983) and other science fiction series', Out of the Unknown (1965), Moonbase 3 (1973) and The Tripods (1984).

Lennie Mayne

He also directed episodes for numerous BBC series/serials on the 1960s and 70s, including The First Lady, The Troubleshooters, Doomwatch, Warship, The Brothers, Softly, Softly: Taskforce and The Onedin Line.


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