The Barchester Chronicles
An all-star cast headed by Donald Pleasance, Nigel Hawthorne, Geraldine McEwan and Alan Rickman help make the BBC's 1982 production of The Warden and Barchester Towers one of the finest classic dramas filmed.
Credits
| Director | David Giles |
| Script | Alan Plater |
| Produced by | Jonathan Powell |
| Original Music by | Derek Bourgeois |
| Cinematography by | Geoff Feld |
| Film Editing by | Stan Pow |
| Production Design by | Chris Pemsel |
| Costume Design by | Juanita Waterson |
Cast list
| Rev. Septimus Harding | Donald Pleasence |
| John Bold | David Gwillim |
| Finney | John Ringham |
| Bunce | Joseph O'Conor |
| Handy | Clifford Parrish |
| Moody | Wally Thomas |
| Gazy | Kenneth Keeling |
| Eleanor Bold (née Harding) | Janet Maw |
| Archdeacon Grantly | Nigel Hawthorne |
| Bishop Grantly | Cyril Luckham |
| Mary Bold | Barbara Flynn |
| Susan Grantly | Angela Pleasence |
| Skulpit | Denis Carey |
| Tom Towers | George Costigan |
| Samuel Grantly | William Redgrave |
| Ticket Collector | George Malpas |
| Haphazard's Clerk | Raymond Platt |
| Hotel Waiter | Paddy Ward |
| Coffee House Waiter | Joe Ritchie |
| Sir Abraham Haphazard | Michael Aldridge |
| Bell | Keith Marsh |
| Baby Bold | Christopher Maynard |
| Bishop Proudie | Clive Swift |
| Rev. Obadiah Slope | Alan Rickman |
| Footman | Alec Bregonzi |
| Dr. Vesey Stanhope | Richard Bebb |
| Mrs. Stanhope | Phyllida Law |
| Signora Madeline Neroni | Susan Hampshire |
| Mrs. Proudie | Geraldine McEwan |
| Ethelbert 'Bertie' Stanhope | Peter Blythe |
| Charlotte | Susan Edmonstone |
| Quiverful | Jonathan Adams |
| Mrs. Quiverful | Maggie Jones |
| Dr. Francis Arabin | Derek New |
| The Dean | Mischa De La Motte |
| Miss Thorne | Ursula Howells |
| Plomacy | Roger Booth |
| Wilfred Thorne | Richard Leech |
| Dr. Gwynne | Trevor Baxter |
| Harry Greenacre | Ian Brimble |
