
A Woman of Substance
S1 · E1IMDB:
7.2
Released
1/2/1985
Duration
1h 35m
Genre
Drama
Country
United Kingdom
Cast
Jenny Seagrove, Deborah Kerr, Barry Bostwick
Overview
A Woman of Substance is a three-part 1984 television serial based on Barbara Taylor Bradford's 1979 novel of the same name. It stars Jenny Seagrove, Deborah Kerr, Barry Bostwick, and Liam Neeson. The life of Emma Harte, from kitchen maid at the beginning of the 20th-century, to respected businesswoman and grandmother in the 1980s. From humble beginnings, Emma Harte starts her business with a small shop, but over the next twenty years, she expands her stores and invests in the growing textile industry in Leeds.

A Woman of Substance
Season 1 · Episode 1IMDB:
7.2Released
1/2/1985
Genre
Drama
Cast
Jenny Seagrove, Deborah Kerr, Barry Bostwick
Duration
1h 35m
Country
United Kingdom
Overview
A Woman of Substance is a three-part 1984 television serial based on Barbara Taylor Bradford's 1979 novel of the same name. It stars Jenny Seagrove, Deborah Kerr, Barry Bostwick, and Liam Neeson. The life of Emma Harte, from kitchen maid at the beginning of the 20th-century, to respected businesswoman and grandmother in the 1980s. From humble beginnings, Emma Harte starts her business with a small shop, but over the next twenty years, she expands her stores and invests in the growing textile industry in Leeds.
Episodes
EP 1AvailableEpisode 1
As her children plot the takeover of her retail empire, Emma Harte plans her own counter-moves against them. Emma started life as a maid in the home of Adam Fairley, the wealthy local mill owner. She works hard not only at the Fairley's but also in her own home taking care of her father, two brothers and a bedridden and dying mother.

Episode 1
As her children plot the takeover of her retail empire, Emma Harte plans her own counter-moves against them. Emma started life as a maid in the home of Adam Fairley, the wealthy local mill owner. She works hard not only at the Fairley's but also in her own home taking care of her father, two brothers and a bedridden and dying mother.
EP 2AvailableEpisode 2
Now in Leeds, the pregnant Emma Harte learns that Blackie O'Neill has gone to Ireland to care for a sick friend. She finds a place to stay but has tried everywhere to get a job with no success. Her luck changes when she rescues a middle-aged man, Abraham Kallinski, be stoned by two boys.

Episode 2
Now in Leeds, the pregnant Emma Harte learns that Blackie O'Neill has gone to Ireland to care for a sick friend. She finds a place to stay but has tried everywhere to get a job with no success. Her luck changes when she rescues a middle-aged man, Abraham Kallinski, be stoned by two boys.
EP 3AvailableEpisode 3
As Emma Harte's empire grows, she arranges her assets in such a way as no one knows she is the buyer, noting that most men don't like dealing with a woman on business matters. The various layers of ownership come in quite handy as George Fairley drinks and gambles his family businesses away and she gets a opportunity to buy them cheap.

Episode 3
As Emma Harte's empire grows, she arranges her assets in such a way as no one knows she is the buyer, noting that most men don't like dealing with a woman on business matters. The various layers of ownership come in quite handy as George Fairley drinks and gambles his family businesses away and she gets a opportunity to buy them cheap.
Cast

Young Emma Harte
Jenny Seagrove

Older Emma Harte
Deborah Kerr

Major Paul McGill
Barry Bostwick

Blackie O'Neill
Liam Neeson

Paula McGill Amory
Miranda Richardson

Adam Fairley
Peter Egan

Edwin Fairley
Peter Chelsom

Murgatroyd
Barry Morse

Joe Lowther
John Duttine

Laura O'Neill
Diane Baker

Henry Rossiter
John Mills

Frank Harte









