

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.
Nigel Havers
Jim Fairley

James Brolin
Ross Nelson

Suzanna Hamilton
Emily Barkstone

Claire Bloom
Edwina, Lady Dunvale

Stephen Collins
Shane O'Neill

Nicholas Farrell
Sebastian Cross

Sorcha Cusack
Bridget O'Donnell

Bruce Boa
Dale Stevens

Dominic Jephcott
Jonathan

Kate Harper
Elaine Vickers

Paul Geoffrey
Anthony

David Swift
John Cross

Victoria Wicks
Sarah Lowther

Richard Morant
Malcolm Perring

Valentine Pelka
Winston Harte

Paul Daneman
David Amory

Pauline Yates
Daisy Amory

Christopher Muncke
Sonny Vickers

Sean Caffrey
DS McNamara

Ralph Watson
Sam Fellowes

Kenneth Nelson
Marriot Watson

Denyse Alexander
Gayle Sloane

Amanda Boxer
Minerva

Neville Phillips
Vicar

Elizabeth Benson
Hilda

Ben Aris
Doctor

Patricia Lawrence
Mrs Padgett

Sarah-Jane Varley
Sally Harte

Joan Heal
Ann Donovan

Valerie Phillips
Meg

James Hayes
Lamont

Carole Walker
Nora