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Brenda's transformation from Vera to a Woman of Substance
Daily Express
|June 05, 2025
BRENDA Blethyn bins her Vera bucket hat and oversized mac for a glamorous new TV role.
The Bafta-winning star, who bowed out of the Geordie detective series in January, is seen bossing the set of Channel 4's adaptation of Barbara Taylor-Bradford's 1979 novel, A Woman Of Substance.
In the rags-to-riches tale, she plays the older housemaid-turned department store mogul Emma Harte, who battles with her family as they try to oust her and sell off her global empire.
This story is from the June 05, 2025 edition of Daily Express.
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