Channel 4 Renews 'A Woman of Substance' for Season 2 After Record Streaming Success
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Max Goldbart
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Channel 4 has renewed 'A Woman of Substance' for a second season, over 40 years after the original iconic adaptation. The drama, based on Barbara Taylor Bradford's 1979 novel about Emma Harte's rise from Yorkshire maid to business mogul, has become the network's most-streamed drama since 'It's a Sin'. Double Oscar nominee Brenda Blethyn and Kneecap star Jessica Reynolds will reprise their roles as the older and younger Emma Harte in the eight-episode season.
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· 3 pulledEXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 has given a second season order to A Woman of Substance, its most-streamed drama since It's a Sin.
The renewal comes more than 40 years after the iconic original, an adaptation of the 1979 Barbara Taylor Bradford novel, which remains Channel 4's most-watched show of all time.
Double Oscar nominee Brenda Blethyn and Kneecap star Jessica Reynolds are returning for A Woman of Substance, playing the older and younger Harte.
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