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.

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Cast

Lindsay Wagner

Paula O'Neill (née Harte)

Stephanie Beacham

Arabella Sutton

Anthony Hopkins

Jack Figg

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

Julian Fellowes

Dennis