
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