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.
Paula Fairley
Emma Harte
Skye Smith
Blackie O'Neill
Henry Rossiter
Jim Fairley
Ross Nelson
Emily Barkstone
Edwina, Lady Dunvale
Shane O'Neill
Sebastian Cross
Bridget O'Donnell
Dale Stevens
Jonathan
Elaine Vickers
Anthony
John Cross
Sarah Lowther
Malcolm Perring
Winston Harte
David Amory
Daisy Amory
Sonny Vickers
DS McNamara
Sam Fellowes
Marriot Watson
Gayle Sloane
Minerva
Vicar
Hilda
Doctor
Mrs Padgett
Sally Harte
Ann Donovan
Meg
Lamont
Nora