To Be the Best

Overview

To Be the Best is a two-part 1991 British television serial, based on Barbara Taylor Bradford's 1988 novel of the same name, a follow-up to A Woman of Substance (1984) and Hold the Dream (1987). It stars Lindsay Wagner as Paula O'Neill (née Harte), taking over the role from Deborah Kerr. Paula O'Neill feuds with her cousins as she fights to save her grandmother's business, and struggles to salvage her marriage.

Created by Barbara Taylor Bradford, Elliott Baker

Network

• London Weekend Television
• Antenne 2

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Lindsay Wagner

  Paula O'Neill (née Harte)

  2 eps

• 

  Stephanie Beacham

  Arabella Sutton

  2 eps

• 

  Anthony Hopkins

  Jack Figg

  2 eps

• 

  Christopher Cazenove

  Jonathan Ainsley

  2 eps

Themes

• based on novel or book
• miniseries

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