Hold the Dream

4.460m19871 season

Drama

Hold the Dream is a two-part 1987 television serial based on Barbara Taylor Bradford's 1985 novel of the same name, a sequel to the 1984 miniseries A Woman of Substance. Deborah Kerr reprises her role of Emma Harte, with Jenny Seagrove, who played the young Emma, taking the lead role as Paula Fairley. Paula Fairley, now head of the Harte chain of department stores, has taken on the burden of preserving Emma's legacy. However, she suffers dissent within her extended family, in particular from her devious cousin Jonathan Ainsley. In the United Kingdom, the series aired in four one-hour episodes, although it was initially created as two two-hour parts.

Directed by Don Sharp

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Cast

Jenny Seagrove

Paula Fairley

Deborah Kerr

Emma Harte

Fiona Fullerton

Skye Smith

Liam Neeson

Blackie O'Neill

John Mills

Henry Rossiter

Nigel Havers

Jim Fairley

James Brolin

Ross Nelson

Suzanna Hamilton

Emily Barkstone

Claire Bloom

Edwina, Lady Dunvale

Stephen Collins

Shane O'Neill

Nicholas Farrell

Sebastian Cross

Sorcha Cusack

Bridget O'Donnell

Bruce Boa

Dale Stevens

Dominic Jephcott

Jonathan

Kate Harper

Elaine Vickers

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Episodes

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Episode 1

1987-05-05 · 47m

Emma Harte steps down from running her vast financial empire, leaving her granddaughter Paula Fairley in charge of the department store.

Episode 2

1987-05-05 · 47m

Paula's work ethic, just like her grandmother's, causes trouble at home. An oil spill takes her to America.

Episode 3

1987-05-06 · 47m

Paula's plans to divorce Jim to marry another man are disrupted by a car accident; Emily and Winston set a wedding date, and the matriarch's death keeps the family in turmoil.

Episode 4

1987-05-06 · 47m

The reading of Emma's revised Will splinters the family.