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A'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is a British drama that originally aired on [[BBC]], about a [[Family Business]] of [[Intrepid Merchant|Intrepid Merchants]] in the Victorian era. It begins with the disgruntled [[The Captain|Captain]] James Onedin setting himself up as an independent businessman. He finds that an old ship is for sail which no one will buy. Upon exploring, he learns that the ship is owned by a dissolute former naval officer, who is being [[Promotion to Parent|tended]] by his middle-aged daughter, Anne. James has no money of his own but offers to pay in shares. The daughter notes that if her father dies, the shares would revert to James, because [[Values Dissonance|women cannot inherit]] according to the laws of the time. She therefore insists on a marriage of expediency to seal the deal because, after all, it is a "not uncommon arrangement". Whereupon James, [[I Love You Because I Can't Control You|appreciating a business canniness to match his own]], begins to fall in love. The two marry and begin their effort to become a lord and lady of the seas.