The Pallisers

I have been watching The Pallisers from 1974, on and off the whole Spring and now I’m finally done. It’s 26 fifty minutes episodes, and I have watched them in bits and pieces. It’s all on Youtube in handy 12 minutes bits. The original six books were written by Anthony Trollop between 1864-79 and is a bit of a soap opera. I can imagine it draw on the success of Upstairs, Downstairs. It has a huge cast and several sub-plots, but the main plot is the the marriage between Plantagenet Palliser and Lady Glencora. They are more or less forced to marry, both having other interests, but ultimately they have a very happy marriage.

Anthony Ainley doesn’t show up until episode 12 in the sub-plot concerning Lady Eustace.( Read more... )