Act of Will
1989•18+•1 Seasons•4 Episodes•4.6•Ended
Drama
Act of Will is a four-part 1989 British television serial directed by Don Sharp, based on Barbara Taylor Bradford's 1986 novel of the same name. Three beautiful women – grandmother, mother and daughter – struggle bravely through five eventful decades of hidden love, high drama and sudden death. From 1926 to present day, from the Yorkshire Dales to London, Paris and New York, how each woman commits an act of will that changes their life and world.
Creator
Barbara Taylor Bradford
Network
ITV1
Origin
GB
Cast
Serena Gordon
Gwen
Melanie Jessop
Laurette Crowther
Lynsey Baxter
Jane Sedgewick
Episodes
Recommended
6.2
Imperfect Women
2026
6.7
The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox
2025
6.4
Obsession
2023
7
Conversations with Friends
2022
6.9
Vladimir
2026
6.7
Expats
2024
7.7
One Day
2024
6.6
The Survivors
2025
7.6
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
2025
6.8
George & Tammy
2022
6.7
The Terror: Devil in Silver
2026
6.3
The Emperor of Ocean Park
2024
8.9
Off Campus
2026
7.7
Bel-Air
2022
7.5
Patrick Melrose
2018
8.3
Tyler Perry's Ruthless
2020
7.3
Julia
2022
7.5
The Rainmaker
2025
7.4
All the Light We Cannot See
2023
7.1
Fool Me Once
2024
Similar Shows
The Corrections
0
Above the Wall
0
8
Blossoms in Dream
2024
5.9
Lambs of God
2019
10
Kashkol
1993
7.9
Don't Come Home
2024
8.7
The Sign
2023
7.9
The King's Avatar
2019
5.5
Kankar
2013
8.2
Love Again
2025
Mermaid
0
8.9
Light Beyond the Reed
2025
8
Lady Liberty
2026
7
Those Days
2025
6.3
The Silent Storm
2024
6.9
More than Blue: The Series
2021
火浴鳳凰
1993
那兩個女人
1992
卸妝
1992
7.8
The Imperial Coroner
2021