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Status
Ended
Release
1974 - 1974
Seasons / Eps
1 / 26
This sprawling BBC saga follows an aristocratic family through three generations of power, wealth, intrigue, and scandal in Victorian England. Based on Anthony Trollope’s “political” novels .
70 Cast Members
Philip Latham
Plantagenet Palliser
26 Episodes
Susan Hampshire
Lady Glencora M'Cluskie
26 Episodes
Barbara Murray
Marie Finn
8 Episodes
Moray Watson
Barrington Erle
20 Episodes
Donald Pickering
Dolly Longstaffe
20 Episodes
Maurice Quick
Collingwood
19 Episodes
Roger Livesey
Duke of St Bungay
18 Episodes
Donal McCann
Phineas Finn
17 Episodes
Bryan Pringle
Mr Monk
13 Episodes
Roland Culver
Duke of Omnium
11 Episodes
Anna Massey
Laura Kennedy
9 Episodes
Sarah Badel
Lizzie Eustace
8 Episodes
Derek Godfrey
Robert Kennedy
8 Episodes
Mel Martin
Violet Effingham
5 Episodes
John Hallam
Lord Chiltern
8 Episodes
Lockwood West
Lord Brentford
8 Episodes
Derek Jacobi
Lord Fawn
8 Episodes
Anthony Andrews
Earl of Silverbridge
7 Episodes
Máire Ní Ghráinne
Mary Flood
4 Episodes
Anthony Ainley
Reverend Emilius
7 Episodes
