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📊 Series Specifications
Network Channel 4
Episode Runtime ~60 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 4
Original Language EN
Creator Barbara Taylor Bradford
Hold the Dream (1987)
Created by Barbara Taylor Bradford
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Ended Series Status:
This series has concluded and all seasons are available for tracking.
Synopsis
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.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 (Miniseries)
4 Episodes E1 Episode 1
Emma Harte steps down from running her vast financial empire, leaving her granddaughter Paula Fairley in charge of the department store.
E2 Episode 2
Paula's work ethic, just like her grandmother's, causes trouble at home. An oil spill takes her to America.
E3 Episode 3
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.