To Be the Best
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Starring
Anthony HopkinsStephanie BeachamChristopher CazenoveStuart WilsonJames SaitoFiona Fullerton
Starring
Anthony HopkinsStephanie BeachamChristopher CazenoveStuart WilsonJames SaitoFiona Fullerton
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About
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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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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Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Anthony Hopkins Jack Figg
Stephanie Beacham Arabella Sutton
Christopher Cazenove Jonathan Ainsley
Stuart Wilson Jack Miller
James Saito Tony Chiu
Fiona Fullerton Madelena
Gary Cady Philip
David Robb Shane O'Neill
Claire Oberman Sarah Pascal
Christopher Blake Sandy
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