The Barchester Chronicles

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox television | image = The_Barchester_Chronicles.jpg | caption = DVD cover | alt_name = | genre = Drama | creator = | based_on = {{Based on|''The Warden'' and ''Barchester Towers''|Anthony Trollope}} | developer = | writer = Alan Plater | director = David Giles | creative_director = | presenter = | starring = {{Plainlist| * Donald Pleasence * Nigel Hawthorne * David Gwillim * John Ringham * Joseph O'Conor * Alan Rickman * Clifford Parrish * Angela Pleasence * Geraldine McEwan * Janet Maw * Susan Hampshire * Barbara Flynn }} | judges = | voices = | narrator = | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = Derek Bourgeois | country = United Kingdom | language = English | num_series = 1 | num_episodes = 7 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = Jonathan Powell | location = | cinematography = | editor = | camera = | runtime = 55 minutes | company = | channel = BBC2 | first_aired = {{Start date|1982|11|10|df=y}} | last_aired = {{End date|1982|12|22|df=y}} | related = }}

'''''The Barchester Chronicles''''' is a 1982 British television serial produced by Jonathan Powell for the BBC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8210b671|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823093743/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8210b671|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 August 2018|title=The Barchester Chronicles Part 7 (1982)|website=BFI}}</ref> It is an adaptation by Alan Plater of Anthony Trollope's first two Chronicles of Barsetshire, ''The Warden'' (1855) and ''Barchester Towers'' (1857).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1192206/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Barchester Chronicles, The (1982)|website=screenonline.org.uk}}</ref> The series was directed by David Giles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11563478/Anthony-Trollope-best-TV-adaptations.html|title=Anthony Trollope: best TV adaptations|first=Rachel|last=Ward|date=25 April 2015|via=telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> Location work was videotaped in and around Peterborough Cathedral, using locations such as the Deanery and Laurel Court.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/venues/locations.aspx|title=Filming Locations - Peterborough Cathedral|website=peterborough-cathedral.org.uk|access-date=16 March 2020|archive-date=27 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027120254/https://www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/venues/locations.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Plot overview== The clerical community around Barchester's cathedral is rocked by a press investigation into the finances of Hiram's Hospital almshouse. Following the death of the bishop in the midst of the controversy, the chaplain and wife of the new bishop lead a reforming crusade, which arouses strong opposition within the diocese. These public events have a significant effect on the private lives of many of those involved.

==Cast== {{div col}} * Donald Pleasence as Mr Harding * Nigel Hawthorne as Archdeacon Grantly * Angela Pleasence as Mrs Grantly * Cyril Luckham as Bishop Grantly * David Gwillim as John Bold * George Costigan as Tom Towers * John Ringham as Finney * Barbara Flynn as Mary Bold * Janet Maw as Eleanor Harding * Clive Swift as Bishop Proudie * Geraldine McEwan as Mrs Proudie * Alan Rickman as Obadiah Slope * Susan Hampshire as Signora Madeline Neroni * Ursula Howells as Miss Thorne * Peter Blythe as Bertie Stanhope * Susan Edmonstone as Charlotte Stanhope * Joseph O'Conor as Bunce * Jonathan Adams as Mr Quiverful * Maggie Jones as Mrs Quiverful * Clifford Parrish as Handy * Derek New as Mr Arabin * Richard Bebb as Dr Stanhope * William Redgrave as Samuel Grantly * Trevor Baxter as Dr. Gwynne * Wally Thomas as Moody * Kenneth Keeling as Gazy * Denis Carey as Skulpit * Richard Leech as Wilfred Thorne * George Malpas as the ticket collector * Mischa De La Motte as The Dean * Raymond Platt as Haphazard's clerk * Alec Bregonzi as a Footman * Paddy Ward as Hotel Waiter * Roger Booth as Plomacy * Joe Ritchie as Coffee House Waiter * Michael Aldridge as Sir Abraham Haphazard * Phyllida Law as Mrs. Stanhope * Ian Brimble as Harry Greenacre * Keith Marsh as Bell * Jim Baker as Quiverful son * Harold Gasnier as Form Tutor {{div col end}}

==Filming locations== [[File:Peterborough Cathedral (212522809).jpeg|thumb|Peterborough Cathedral]] [[File:Chavenage House-geograph-4082530-by-Paul-Best.jpg|thumb|Chavenage House]] thumb|Laurel Court, Vineyard Road, Peterborough *Peterborough Cathedral<ref name=IMDB>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086667/locations?ref_=tt_dt_loc |title=The Barchester Chronicles (1982) Filming & Production |author= |date= |website=IMDB |access-date=10 April 2022 |quote=}}</ref> *Chavenage House, Tetbury, Gloucestershire<ref name=IMDB/> *Abbots Gate, Peterborough Cathedral<ref name=IMDB/> *The Deanery, Gravel Walk, Peterborough Cathedral<ref name=IMDB/> *Laurel Court, Vineyard Road, Peterborough<ref name=IMDB/> *Breamore House, Fordingbridge

==Awards== The series won a BAFTA award for Design (Chris Pemsel) in 1982, also being nominated for Drama Series/Serial (Jonathan Powell, David Giles), Costume Design (Juanita Waterson), Graphics (Stewart Austin), Make Up (Elizabeth Rowell), Sound Supervisor (Chick Anthony), Video Cameraman (Geoff Feld), and Video Lighting (Howard King).<ref>{{cite web|title=Television Nominations 1982|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=1982|publisher=BAFTA|accessdate=21 November 2010}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0086667|title=The Barchester Chronicles}} * {{Screenonline TV title|1192206}} * Available for streaming or download on archive.org: [https://archive.org/details/BarchesterChronicles7Of7 Barchester Chronicles]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barchester Chronicles, The}} Category:BBC television dramas Category:Historical television series Category:Television shows based on British novels Category:1982 British television series debuts Category:1982 British television series endings Category:1980s British drama television series Category:1980s British television miniseries Category:English-language British television shows Category:Chronicles of Barsetshire