The Barchester Chronicles
Donald Pleasence is the clergyman at the centre of a scandal.
The Barchester Chronicles is a 1982 BBC television serial produced by Jonathan Powell and dramatised by Alan Plater, based on Anthony Trollope's first two Chronicles of Barsetshire, The Warden (1855) and Barchester Towers (1857). Against the sumptuous background of Peterborough Cathedral and its environs, one is carried into Trollope's world of the intriguing machinations of the clerical establishment of Barchester. Backed by the authenticity of the period detail, the portrayal of all the characters accurately conveys the whole range of human emotions within the stories.
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Top cast
Donald Pleasence
Septimus Harding
Janet Maw
Eleanor Harding
Nigel Hawthorne
Dr Grantly
Angela Pleasence
Mrs. Grantly
Barbara Flynn
Mary Bold
Alan Rickman
Obadiah Slope
Susan Hampshire
La Signora Madeline Vesey Neroni
Clive Swift
Dr Proudie
Geraldine McEwan
Mrs Proudie
Peter Blythe
Bertie Stanhope
Susan Edmonstone
Charlotte Stanhope
Joseph O'Conor
Bunce
Cyril Luckham
Bishop Grantly
William Redgrave
Samuel Grantly
Jonathan Adams
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Details
- Status
- Ended
- First air date
- November 10, 1982
- Last air date
- December 22, 1982
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 7
- Episode runtime
- 55m
- Network
- BBC Two
- Original language
- EN
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