11 MARCH

Having bid farewell to Vera’s old mac, Brenda Blethyn is embracing power-dressing as Emma Harte, the formidable tycoon at the heart of Barbara Taylor Bradford’s novels

When Brenda Blethyn quit playing beloved sleuth DCI Vera Stanhope aged 78, she had dreams of relaxing at home with her husband Michael Mayhew. Luckily for us, things didn’t work out that way and just

7 MARCH

Margo’s Got Money Troubles Apple TV+ This eight-part ...

The Vera star on her glam new role… Spanning six decades, A Woman of Substance, adapted from Barbara Taylor Bradford’s 1979 bestseller, charts the rise of Emma Harte from impoverished maid to the worl