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To Be the Best

"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."

Cast

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Lindsay Wagner

as Paula O'Neill (née Harte)

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Stephanie Beacham

as Arabella Sutton

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Anthony Hopkins

as Jack Figg

67567

Christopher Cazenove

as Jonathan Ainsley

14344

Stuart Wilson

as Jack Miller

77155

James Saito

as Tony Chiu

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Fiona Fullerton

as Madelena

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Gary Cady

as Philip

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David Robb

as Shane O'Neill

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Claire Oberman

as Sarah Pascal

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Christopher Blake

as Sandy

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Thomas Ewbank

as Patrick

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Julian Fellowes

as Dennis

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Rob Freeman

as Harvey G. Rawson

Crew

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Tom Wharmby

Director

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Callum McDougall

Second Assistant Director

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Elliott Baker

Writer

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Barbara Taylor Bradford

Novel

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Robert Bradford

Executive Producer

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Aida Young

Producer

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Alan Parker

Original Music Composer

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Alan Doberman

Director of Photography

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John Shirley

Editor

25562

Rose Tobias Shaw

Casting Director

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Brian Ackland-Snow

Production Design

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Sita Yeung Leng

Art Direction

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Malcolm Stone

Art Direction

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John Fenner

Art Direction

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Martin Childs

Art Direction

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Barbara Lane

Costume Design