Hold the Dream
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.
1987-05-05
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Cast
Director
Don Sharp
Jenny Seagrove as Paula Fairley
Deborah Kerr as Emma Harte
Fiona Fullerton as Skye Smith
Liam Neeson as Blackie O'Neill
John Mills as Henry Rossiter
Nigel Havers as Jim Fairley
James Brolin as Ross Nelson
Suzanna Hamilton as Emily Barkstone
Claire Bloom as Edwina, Lady Dunvale
Stephen Collins as Shane O'Neill
Nicholas Farrell as Sebastian Cross
Sorcha Cusack as Bridget O'Donnell
Bruce Boa as Dale Stevens
Dominic Jephcott as Jonathan
Kate Harper as Elaine Vickers
Paul Geoffrey as Anthony
Victoria Wicks as Sarah Lowther
Richard Morant as Malcolm Perring
Valentine Pelka as Winston Harte
Paul Daneman as David Amory
Sean Caffrey as DS McNamara
Amanda Boxer as Minerva
Neville Phillips as Vicar