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

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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

Over the past decade, Frankie Bridge has totally transformed her career. After first finding fame aged 12 in S Club Juniors and later achieving chart success with The Saturdays, she has traded the mus

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