Ever since Upstairs Downstairs and The Forsyte Saga, we’ve had a soft spot for historical dramas. With their sumptuous sets and beautiful costumes, they depict the elegance of a more mannered bygone a

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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11 MARCH

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

NATALIE QUARRY and ZEPHRYN TAITTE share the secrets of Rosalind and Cyril’s wedding day