A Woman of Substance

• 1. Episode 1

  95m

  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.

• 2. Episode 2

  95m

  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.

• 3. Episode 3

  95m

  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

Jenny Seagrove

Young Emma Harte

Deborah Kerr

Older Emma Harte

Barry Bostwick

Major Paul McGill

Liam Neeson

Blackie O'Neill

Miranda Richardson

Paula McGill Amory

Peter Egan

Adam Fairley

Peter Chelsom

Edwin Fairley

Barry Morse

Murgatroyd

Jonathan Duttine

Joe Lowther

Diane Baker

Laura O'Neill

John Mills

Henry Rossiter

Mick Ford

Frank Harte