The Onedin Line a slanging match between Elizabeth and Sarah, who each disparage the circumstances of the other's wedding day until Leonora intervenes to restore peace. Cyril Abraham had planned 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 story was eventually to have seen James and Elizabeth as two wizened old autocrats, both determined not to relinquish their hold on the shipping business. James would have died as a very old man, leaving the family divided over control of the company. Cyril Abraham had intended the
The Watch (TV series) The Watch (TV series) The Watch is a fantasy police procedural television series under development by BBC America, which ordered an eight-part season in October 2018. The series is to be based on the stories about the Ankh-Morpork City Watch from the "Discworld" series of fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett. "The Watch" was announced in 2011 as under development by Prime Focus Productions, which previously created three two-part television adaptations of "Discworld" novels. It was later reported to be produced by Pratchett's own TV production company, Narrativia, which he founded in 2012 and which was led by Rod Brown, the