Channel 4 announces a brand new adaption of A Woman of Substance, produced by The Forge Entertainment (National Treasure, Help, Generation Z), a Banijay UK company and written by Katherine Jakeways (The Buccaneers) and co-written by Roanne Bardsley (The Buccaneers, Screw).
Both Emmy-nominated and Channel 4’s biggest ever drama when it was made 40 years ago, this new eight-part revenge romp is a re-imagining of the multi-million bestselling novel and global phenomenon written by Barbara Taylor Bradford, which feels just as searingly relevant today as it did back then.
To date, ten Barbara Taylor Bradford books have been produced as TV films or drama series, starring actors including Liam Neeson, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Jenny Seagrove, Deborah Kerr, Lindsay Wagner and Elizabeth Hurley.
The original A Woman of Substance three-part television drama was produced in 1984 and aired on Channel 4 in the UK in January 1985. The broadcast of the final episode drew 13.8 million viewers, which remains the channel’s highest ever audience. It was also broadcast in the US and received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Limited Series in 1985.
For organisations interested in optioning individual novels or a book series for film/TV/radio, please liaise with the Barbara Taylor Bradford Trust office here.
