Thoughts on A Woman Of Substance - the new series versus original and book? Spoiler Alert

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Setting up a thread to have a decent discussion of the new version compared to the original series and book.

I’m up to episode 5 personally and pretty nonplussed about what I consider to be pointless and gratuitous changes to characters and plot. I’d love to hear other opinions and don’t care what episodes are discussed. I think Brenda Blethyn is all kinds of wrong for Emma although I like the young version. I am immensely irritated that someone thought it was a good idea to completely omit how Emma started her business and life in Leeds whilst wasting time on the sordid details of Adam’s sex life. And no Laura!!

It's just as bad later with the Aussie guy, even worse perhaps as he's supposed to be this hunk who is the love of her life and yet also kisses like a lion eating a hyena.

That’s Barry Bostwick saviour of all 1980’s mini series

watch The 1985 version- it’s magnificent

I did rewatch it, and was so disappointed in it. I remembered it as being absolutely wonderful- but it was so patchy and awkward.

It’s very much of its time, but it evoked such strong emotions and memories, of watching with my university housemates.

Rather disappointed with it all.
I'm so glad that I read the original books, they were a "seven-book saga" with so much more detail and many more characters.