Hold the Dream
Cast & Crew
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
Barbara Taylor Bradford
Creator
Overview
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.
