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To Be the Best

To Be the Best

S1 · E1

IMDB:

4.5
To Be the Best

Released

8/2/1992

Duration

1h 36m

Genre

Drama

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Lindsay Wagner, Stephanie Beacham, Anthony Hopkins

Overview

To Be the Best is a two-part 1991 British television serial, based on Barbara Taylor Bradford's 1988 novel of the same name, a follow-up to A Woman of Substance (1984) and Hold the Dream (1987). It stars Lindsay Wagner as Paula O'Neill (née Harte), taking over the role from Deborah Kerr. Paula O'Neill feuds with her cousins as she fights to save her grandmother's business, and struggles to salvage her marriage.

Episodes

Part 1EP 1Available

Part 1

96m0.0

Paula O'Neill, sole heir and head of the empire built up by her grandmother Emma Harte's department store empire, must battle her power-hungry cousin Jonathan Ainsley for control of the board.

Part 2EP 2Available

Part 2

96m0.0

Paula, with the help of her head of security, fights for control of the Harte empire at the opening of the new store in Hong Kong.

Cast

Lindsay Wagner

Paula O'Neill (née Harte)

Lindsay Wagner

Stephanie Beacham

Arabella Sutton

Stephanie Beacham

Anthony Hopkins

Jack Figg

Anthony Hopkins

Christopher Cazenove

Jonathan Ainsley

Christopher Cazenove

Stuart Wilson

Jack Miller

Stuart Wilson

James Saito

Tony Chiu

James Saito

Fiona Fullerton

Madelena

Fiona Fullerton

Gary Cady

Philip

Gary Cady

David Robb

Shane O'Neill

David Robb

Claire Oberman

Sarah Pascal

Claire Oberman

Christopher Blake

Sandy

Christopher Blake

Thomas Ewbank

Patrick

Thomas Ewbank

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