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.

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
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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