A Woman of Substance: Channel 4’s lavish remake revives the pleasures – and contradictions – of the bonkbuster
When Channel 4 premiered its adaptation of Barbara Taylor Bradford’s A Woman of Substance in 1985, the saga of Emma Harte – the Yorkshire maid who becomes one of the richest women in the world – was a ratings juggernaut. The new eight-part remake arrives with a curious mix of…
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