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
The Immortal (1970 TV series) the book on which it is based (the protagonist of the book was a vagrant, not a test driver, who discovers his immortality when he sells his blood). Instead, "The Immortal" bears more than a superficial resemblance to the then-recent, very popular TV series, "The Fugitive", which still aired in syndicated reruns. That series had ended its four-season run three years before"The Immortal" began. It is also the mirror of the series "Run for Your Life" about a man suffering from a terminal disease who wants to experience everything because he is going to die soon, while Richards has to