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A Woman of Substance

1985

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EP1 Episode 1 Jan 02, 1985

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.
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EP2 Episode 2 Jan 03, 1985

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.
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EP3 Episode 3 Jan 04, 1985

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.
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Synopsis

The life of Emma Harte, from kitchen maid at the beginning of the twentieth century, to respected business woman and grandmother in the 1980s. From humble beginnings, Emma Harte starts her business with a small shop, but over the next twenty years, she expands her stores and invests in the growing textile industry in Leeds.

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  • Top Credited Cast
Miranda Richardson as Paula McGill Amory
John Mills as Henry Rossiter
Liam Neeson as Blackie O'Neill
Barry Bostwick as Maj. Paul McGill
Jenny Seagrove as Young Emma Harte
Barry Morse as Murgatroyd
Peter Egan as Adam Fairley
Deborah Kerr as Emma Harte
Gayle Hunnicutt as Olivia Wainwright

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