The BBC jewel that became a PBS classic!
"Wonderfully detailed etchings of manners, fashion and Parliamentary maneuvering" —The New York Times
Set in the palatial country houses and grand Mayfair salons of mid-Victorian England, The Pallisersi> is a sprawling BBC saga of wealth, passion, and power. Based on Anthony Trollope’s six "political" novels—called the finest sequence of fiction ever written about British Parliamentary life—and adapted by contemporary British novelist Simon Raven, the series proved powerfully addictive to television audiences on both sides of the Atlantic.
Starring Emmy®-winner Susan Hampshire as the beautiful and passionate Lady Glencora, whose arranged marriage to rising politician Plantagenet Palliser (Philip Latham) touchingly endures despite being tested by public and private crises. Also starring Derek Jacobi <i>(Cadfael),i> Penelope Keith (To the Manor Born),i> Anthony Andrews (Brideshead Revisited), Kate Nichols <i>(Nicholas Nickleby), and Jeremy Irons (Damage).
DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE exclusive Susan Hampshire interview, 36-page viewer’s guide, Trollope materials, cast filmographies and Victoriana.