| Release Date: | Nov 1984 |
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| Genre: | Drama |
| Awards: | Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. |
| Cast: | Nicola Pagett (Adele Fairley (3 episodes, 1985)), Jenny Seagrove (Young Emma Harte), Barry Bostwick (Maj. Paul McGill (unknown episodes)), Deborah Kerr (Emma Harte), Diane Baker (Laura O'Neill (unknown episodes)), George Baker (Bruce McGill (unknown episodes)), Peter Chelsom (Edwin Fairley (unknown episodes)), John Duttine (Joe Lowther (unknown episodes)), Peter Egan (Adam Fairley (unknown episodes)), Mick Ford (Frank Harte (unknown episodes)), Christopher Gable (Arthur Ainsley (unknown episodes)), Christopher Guard (Gerald Fairley (unknown episodes)), Dominic Guard (Winston Harte (unknown episodes)), Del Henney (Jack Harte (unknown episodes)), Amanda Hillwood (Daisy McGill (unknown episodes)), Gayle Hunnicutt (Olivia Wainwright (unknown episodes)), Robert James (Mr. Ainsley (unknown episodes)), Megs Jenkins (Mrs. Turner (unknown episodes)), Harry Landis (Abraham Kallinski (unknown episodes)), John Mills (Henry Rossiter (unknown episodes)), Barry Morse (Murgatroyd (unknown episodes)), Liam Neeson (Blackie O'Neill (unknown episodes)), Meg Wynn Owen (Elizabeth Harte (unknown episodes)), Saskia Reeves (Edwina (unknown episodes)), Miranda Richardson (Paula McGill Amory (unknown episodes)), Joris Stuyck (David Kallinski (unknown episodes)) |
A Woman of Substance charts the life of Emma Harte, from kitchen maid at the beginning of the 20th Century, to respected business woman and Grandmother in the 1980's. 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. By the time of World War 2, Emma is the head of a major retail and manufacturing empire, but she has struggled all her life to find love. After an illegitimate daughter and two marriages, she finally meets the love of her life, Paul McGill, but their affair is cut short by a tragic accident, leaving Emma with his daughter. In the 1980's Emma faces one of her biggest tests - her childrens attempt to remove her as head of her company, but Emma is far from the senile old woman they think she is - she is determined to stop them at all costs.
