To Be the Best

To Be the Best is a 1991 British television miniseries directed by Tom Wharmby. Based on the 1988 novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford, it was the fourth mini-series based on a Bradford novel he had directed. It was produced by London Weekend Television in association with Antenne-2 and Gemmy Productions, and aired on ITV in the UK between 20 and 27 December 1991 in two parts, and on CBS in the U.S. on 2 and 4 August 1992.

Cast

 * Lindsay Wagner as	Paula Harte
 * Anthony Hopkins as Jack Figg
 * Stephanie Beacham as Arabella Sutton
 * Christopher Cazenove as Jonathan Ainsley
 * Stuart Wilson as Jack Miller
 * Fiona Fullerton as Madelena O'Shea
 * Gary Cady as Philip Amory
 * David Robb as Shane O'Neill
 * Claire Oberman as Sarah Pascal
 * Christopher Blake as Alexander "Sandy" Barkstone
 * James Saito as Tony Chiu
 * Thomas Ewbabk as Patrick
 * Julian Fellowes as Dennis
 * Rob Freeman as Harvey G. Rawson
 * Rupert Bates as Burrows
 * Belinda Mayne as Jill
 * Robert Austin as George
 * Kate Spiro as Pam
 * Candy Lacy-Smith as Susan Sorrell
 * Louis Roth as Elwyn Sorrell
 * Moray Watson as Hunter
 * Bill Reimbold as Peale
 * Bill Hutchinson as Doone
 * Sarah Lam as Ming
 * Peter Dennis as Doctor

Release
The film originally aired in Britain on ITV in December 1991. In the United States, it aired on CBS in August 1992.

The series was subsequently released on VHS on 10 July 1995 and on 24 February 2003 by Odyssey Video. The complete series was released and repackaged on DVD in the United Kingdom by Acorn Media UK on 8 September 2008.