Cyril Abraham of Onedin short stories by Abraham, set between Series Two and Series Three, appeared in "Woman" magazine in 1973. Abraham had intended to write a whole series of novels about the Onedin Line, but he died in 1979 after completing the fifth book, "The White Ships". The saga was eventually to have seen James and Elizabeth Onedin as two elderly autocrats, both determined not to relinquish their hold on the shipping business. Elizabeth Onedin would have still been a formidable woman in her 90s, while James Onedin would have died aged 102, leaving the family divided over control of the
Little Women (1970 TV series) Little Women (1970 TV series) Little Women was a BBC television series in 1970, based on the well-known novel of the same name. It was the third BBC adaptation of the novel. It starred Angela Down as Jo, Jo Rowbottom as Meg, Janina Faye as Amy, Sarah Craze as Beth, and Patrick Troughton as Father. It was shown on the Sunday tea-time slot on BBC1, where the BBC often showed fairly faithful adaptations of classic novels aimed at a family audience. It consisted of nine episodes. It is not one of the better-remembered adaptations of "Little Women", possibly because it