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
Blott on the Landscape (TV series) Blott would have been too young to have served in World War II, so the flashbacks reveal that he was an incompetent Eastern European soldier who accidentally found himself stuck on a bridge between the eastern and western sides of the Iron Curtain. He was refused re-entry to the East and was brought to England to be employed by Lady Maud's father. The 1985 televised version was released on DVD in the UK. Blott on the Landscape (TV series) Blott on the Landscape is a 1985 BBC TV series, adapted by Malcolm Bradbury from the Tom Sharpe novel of the