A Woman of Substance

About A Woman of Substance

The life of Emma Harte, from kitchen maid at the beginning of the 20th-century, to respected businesswoman 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.

Channel 4's A Woman of Substance is a drama series. It reached one season of 3 episodes from January 1985.

Its themes are jealousy, career woman, security, and heiress. It is adapted from a novel. Jenny Seagrove leads the cast as Young Emma Harte, Deborah Kerr as Older Emma Harte, Barry Bostwick as Major Paul McGill, and Liam Neeson as Blackie O'Neill.

American members can watch it on Acorn TV, AcornTV Amazon Channel, and Acorn TV Apple TV channel.

And Then There Were None, Pride and Prejudice, and The Pillars of the Earth make useful companions to A Woman of Substance, all filed under england and miniseries.