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  • The Onedin Line Cry of the Blackbird (Season 1, Episode 12)
  • TV-PG
    TV Episode | Adventure, Drama, Romance

The Onedin Line

Cry of the Blackbird (Season 1, Episode 12)
TV-PG
TV Episode | Adventure, Drama, Romance

James has taken emigrants to Australia where he hopes to make enough money to buy off the Pampero by bringing home a cargo of wool, but the sheep-farmers have all left to join the gold rush. He agrees to ferry a load of 'lost souls' from ...See moreJames has taken emigrants to Australia where he hopes to make enough money to buy off the Pampero by bringing home a cargo of wool, but the sheep-farmers have all left to join the gold rush. He agrees to ferry a load of 'lost souls' from Papua to Victoria for McPherson, a parson, but discovers the parson is actually a slave trader intent on taking the group to the West Indies. After the Papuans have set fire to the 'parson' James returns them to their homes. Written by don @ minifie-1 See less
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Updated Jan 7, 1972

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Jan 7, 1972 (United Kingdom)
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4 nominations

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