The Barchester Chronicles (1982)

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.

The Barchester Chronicles

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Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

as Septimus Harding

as Eleanor Harding

Nigel Hawthorne

Nigel Hawthorne

Angela Pleasence

Angela Pleasence

as Mrs. Grantly

as Obadiah Slope

Susan Hampshire

Susan Hampshire

as La Signora Madeline Vesey Neroni

Geraldine McEwan

Geraldine McEwan

as Bertie Stanhope

Susan Edmonstone

Susan Edmonstone

as Charlotte Stanhope

as Bishop Grantly

William Redgrave

William Redgrave

as Samuel Grantly

as Mrs Quiverful

Christopher Maynard

Christopher Maynard

as Francis Arabin

Clifford Parrish

Clifford Parrish

George Costigan

George Costigan

as Dr Vesey Stanhope

as Wilfred Thorne

Kenneth Keeling

Kenneth Keeling

Michael Aldridge

Michael Aldridge

as Sir Abraham Haphazard

as Mrs Stanhope

as Harry Greenacre

Mischa De La Motte

Mischa De La Motte

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Season 1

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Episodes season 1

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Part one
1x2

Part two
1x3

Part three
1x4

Part four
1x5

Part five
1x6

Part six
1x7

Part seven

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