The Barchester Chronicles
“Donald Pleasence is the clergyman at the centre of a scandal.”
7.3/ 10 6 votes 1982 55m / ep 1 popularity
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.
Creator: Alan Plater
Network: BBC Two
Seasons
1
Episodes
7
Status
Ended
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
