Brenda Blethyn plays an older Emma Harte in "A Woman of Substance." File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI | License Photo
June 22 (UPI) -- Channel 4's hit drama A Woman of Substance will return for a second season.
The network announced in a press release Monday that it renewed the series for Season 2.
A Woman of Substance is based on the Barbara Taylor Bradford book series. Jessica Reynolds and Brenda Blethyn star as younger and older versions of housemaid-turned-mogul Emma Harte, "a 20th century feminist icon who refused to know her 'place.'"
Season 1 ended with Emma's granddaughter and heir, Paula (Mara Huf), secretly marrying into the wealthy Fairley family, who wronged Emma. The season was Channel 4's most-watched streaming drama in five years, with an average audience of 3 million viewers per episode.
