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Channel 4, The Barbara Taylor Bradford Trust and HM Treasury host reception at No.11 Downing Street to celebrate A Woman of Substance and women in the creative industries

•Produced by The Forge Entertainment (National Treasure, The Buccaneers, Marriage), a Banijay UK company, the eight-part series is written by Katherine Jakeways and co-written by Roanne Bardsley. A ...
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Barbara Taylor Bradford, the ‘grand dame of blockbuster novels’, dies aged 91

Bestselling novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford, who wrote A Woman Of Substance, has died at the age of 91, it has been announced. The author died peacefully at her home on Sunday November 24 following a ...
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A Woman of Substance author Barbara Taylor Bradford honoured with blue plaque

A blue plaque celebrating the life and works of bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford has been unveiled ahead of a TV adaptation of her 1979 novel A Woman of Substance. Often hailed as the “grand ...
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British TV Star Brenda Blethyn Brings Classic Novel “A Woman of Substance” to Screen

For veteran actor Brenda Blethyn, playing the heroine in the new dramatization of 1980s blockbuster A Woman of Substance had a poignant resonance. Blethyn, who plays Emma Harte in Barbara Taylor ...

Barbara Taylor Bradford: Leeds couple on living in A Woman of Substance author's childhood home

Moira and Chris Corcoran had no idea when they bought their house in Armley, Leeds, that it was once the home of an esteemed ...