The Barchester Chronicles: Summary
SUMMARY
- Originally on:BBC-2
- Status:Ended
- Premiered:November 10, 1982
- Last Aired:December 22, 1982
- Show Categories:Movie/Mini-Series, Drama
A British-produced seven-part mini-series based on the books The Warden and Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope. Had quite an impressive cast, and was nominated for 7 BAFTAs, winning one for Chris Pemsel's Production Design. "Jumped the Pond" and aired in America on PBS stations.
The sleepy diocese of Barchester is shaken-up by a series of reforms and reformers coming from the public domain as well as the hierarchy of the Anglican church. The professional and personal fallout from these changes affects a number of persons in this inter-connected community.
Stand-out performances by Nigel Hawthorne as Archdeacon Grantly and Alan Rickman as Reverend Slope make this mini-series worth watching...when they're not in a scene, you miss them terribly. A British-produced seven-part mini-series based on the books The Warden and Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope. Had quite an impressive cast, and was nominated for 7 BAFTAs, winning one for Chris Pemsel's Production Design. "Jumped the Pond" and aired in America on PBS stations.
The sleepy diocese of Barchester is shaken-up by a series of reforms and reformers coming from...
The sleepy diocese of Barchester is shaken-up by a series of reforms and reformers coming from the public domain as well as the hierarchy of the Anglican church. The professional and personal fallout from these changes affects a number of persons in this inter-connected community.
Stand-out performances by Nigel Hawthorne as Archdeacon Grantly and Alan Rickman as Reverend Slope make this mini-series worth watching...when they're not in a scene, you miss them terribly. A British-produced seven-part mini-series based on the books The Warden and Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope. Had quite an impressive cast, and was nominated for 7 BAFTAs, winning one for Chris Pemsel's Production Design. "Jumped the Pond" and aired in America on PBS stations.
The sleepy diocese of Barchester is shaken-up by a series of reforms and reformers coming from...
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LAST EPISODE
Episode 7
Aired: Wednesday December 22, 1982
Slope gets his comeuppance.
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- Donald PleasenceReverend Septimus Harding
- Alan RickmanReverend Obadiah Slope
- Nigel HawthorneArchdeacon Grantly
- Geraldine McEwanMrs. Proudie
- Susan HampshireSignora Madeline Neroni
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- The Bottom Line: "Needs fine-tuning"10/17/06 01:32pm | report abuse
Bumped it up in my Alan Rickman Netflix Queue after I suddenly got assigned the Editorship of this show on TV.com after making a few corrections to the sparse data I found here (was correcting some Rickman info errors). ...Continue »
- The Bottom Line: "Personal favorite"04/13/06 08:12am | report abuse
The Barchester Chronicles blew past my expectations. At first, I had expected same old same old plot development but twist after turn of excitement and action just way exceeded my expectations. ...Continue »
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