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 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