REBOOT HAS STYLE AND SUBSTANCE

A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE CHANNEL 4, 9PM

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RAGS-TO-RICHES Jessica Reynolds and Brenda Blethyn

HIS isn't the first time they've taken Barbara Taylor Bradford's rags-to-riches bestseller and turned it into an epic TV drama. They did it 41 years ago, when the lead role - of Yorkshire maid-turned-business-magnate Emma Harte - was shared by Jenny Seagrove (in the turn-of-the-century bits) and Deborah Kerr (in the contemporary ones).