Hold the Dream

Hold the Dream is a British two-part miniseries made in 1986, based on the novel of the same name by Barbara Taylor Bradford. A sequel to A Woman of Substance, it continues the story of Emma Harte, who is played by Deborah Kerr in both series, with Jenny Seagrove, who played Emma Harte as a younger woman in the earlier series taking over the part of Paula Fairley.

Paula Fairley, now head of the Harte empire including a chain of department stores worldwide, has taken on the burden of preserving her Grandmothers legacy. However, she suffers dissent from within her extended family, in particular her devious cousin Jonathan Ainsley. Her marriage to Jim Fairley is also under extreme strain leading her into the arms of Shane O'Neill Stephen Collins, the grandson of Blackie o'Neill Liam Neeson. Struggling to prove herself as a woman of substance in a male dominated world, just like her grandmother endured, Paula too would suffer heartache and loss that mirrored the life of Emma Harte. But it is Emma's request for Paula to 'hold the dream', that drives Paula to fight and overcome the tragedies in her life and to come out on top, so as to save the Harte name for the next generation

Cast

* Jenny Seagrove as Paula Fairley
* Stephen Collins as Shane O'Neill
* Deborah Kerr as Emma Harte
* James Brolin as Ross Nelson
* Claire Bloom as Edwina, Lady Dunvale
* Paul Daneman as David Amory
* Fiona Fullerton as Sky Smith
* Suzanna Hamilton as Emily Barkstone
* Nigel Havers as Jim Fairley
* John Mills as Henry Rossiter
* Liam Neeson as Blackie O'Neill
* Pauline Yates as Daisy Amory
* Valentine Pelka as Winston Harte
* Sarah-Jane Varley as Sally Harte
* Paul Geoffrey as Anthony, the Earl of Dunvale
* Dominic Jephcott as Jonathan Ainsley
* Victoria Wicks as Sarah Lowther
* David Swift as John Cross
* Nicholas Farrell as Sebastian Cross
* Richard Morant as Malcolm Perring
* Bruce Boa as Dale Stevens
* Denyse Alexander as Gaye Sloane
* Amanda Boxer as Minerva
* Kate Harper as Elaine Vickers
* Christopher Muncke as Sonny Vickers
* Ralph Watson as Sam Fellowes