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.

David Gwillim, Donald Pleasence, John Ringham, Cyril Luckham, Barbara Flynn, Nigel Hawthorne, Alan Rickman, Angela Pleasence, George Costigan, Janet Maw, Joseph O'Conor, Geraldine McEwan, Susan Hampshire, Clive Swift, Susan Edmonstone, Peter Blythe, Jonathan Adams