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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Donald Pleasence
Septimus Harding · 7 eps
Janet Maw
Eleanor Harding · 7 eps
Nigel Hawthorne
Dr Grantly · 7 eps
Angela Pleasence
Mrs. Grantly · 7 eps
Barbara Flynn
Mary Bold · 6 eps
Alan Rickman
Obadiah Slope · 5 eps
Susan Hampshire
La Signora Madeline Vesey Neroni · 5 eps
Clive Swift
Dr Proudie · 5 eps
Geraldine McEwan
Mrs Proudie · 5 eps
Peter Blythe
Bertie Stanhope · 5 eps
Susan Edmonstone
Charlotte Stanhope · 5 eps
Joseph O'Conor
Bunce · 4 eps
Cyril Luckham
Bishop Grantly · 3 eps
William Redgrave
Samuel Grantly · 3 eps
Jonathan Adams
Quiverful · 3 eps
Maggie Jones
Mrs Quiverful · 3 eps
Christopher Maynard
Baby Bold · 3 eps
Derek New
Francis Arabin · 3 eps
Clifford Parrish
Handy · 3 eps
David Gwillim
John Bold · 2 eps
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