Barchester Chronicles

An adaptation of Anthony Trollope’s two 19th Century classics, “The Warden”, and “Barchester Towers”, starring Donald Pleasence, Nigel Hawthorne, Geraldine McEwan and Susan Hampshire. Reverend Septimus Harding is one of the most respected men in Barchester. He lives an honest and undisturbed life until the advent of a passionate reformer, John Bold, who accuses the Reverend of corruption which turns his cosy world of Barchester upside down.

Credits

director

David Giles

producer

Jonathan Powell

production company

BBC

Duration

05:55:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1982

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

37594

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Adaptations

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television

Literature → English literature - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Literature

Television

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1982

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