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To Be the Best

To Be the Best (1992)

TV show · Ended · ★ 6.3

Drama

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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.

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Lindsay WagnerLindsay WagnerPaula O'Neill (née Harte)Stephanie BeachamStephanie BeachamArabella SuttonAnthony HopkinsAnthony HopkinsJack FiggChristopher CazenoveChristopher CazenoveJonathan AinsleyStuart WilsonStuart WilsonJack MillerJames SaitoJames SaitoTony ChiuFiona FullertonFiona FullertonMadelenaGary CadyGary CadyPhilipDavid RobbDavid RobbShane O'NeillClaire ObermanClaire ObermanSarah PascalChristopher BlakeChristopher BlakeSandy
Thomas EwbankPatrickJulian FellowesJulian FellowesDennisRob FreemanRob FreemanHarvey G. Rawson

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