Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Two Different Sets Of People | 20140831 | 20180829 (BBC7) 20180830 (BBC7) 20140906 (R4) | by Anthony Trollope, dramatised by Nick Warburton For young Mark Robarts, life as the Vicar of Framley can sometimes feel a little too quiet. So, risking the wrath of Lady Lufton and leaving his wife and children, he heads off for the allure of country house parties, little knowing the repercussions which are in store. Framley Parsonage is the fourth book in the Barchester Chronicles and the focus moves to Framley and its young vicar, Mark Robarts. Friend of the local landowner's son, the dashing Lord Lufton, Mark cannot resist the lure of celebrity beyond his own village. But he's to risk everything in his ambitious pursuits, including his devoted wife and children and his sister's happiness. The Barchester Chronicles is Anthony Trollope's much-loved series of witty, gently satirical stories of provincial life set within the fictional cathedral town of Barchester and the surrounding county of Barsetshire. With a focus on the lives, loves and tribulations of the local clergy and rural gentry, the canvas is broad and colourful, with a wonderful set of iconic characters whose lives we become intimately involved in as they grow up, grow old and fall in or out of love and friendship across the years. A young vicar is attracted by the country house parties, little knowing the repercussions. |
| 02 | A Word Of Warning | 20140907 | 20180830 (BBC7) 20180831 (BBC7) 20140913 (R4) | by Anthony Trollope, dramatised by Nick Warburton Mark Robarts, Vicar of Framley, worries that Lady Lufton may find out about the Bill he has put his name to, but she's more interested in plotting with Susan Grantly to marry their respective children. Which would scupper Mark's sister's potential happiness forever. The vicar worries that Lady Lufton may find out about the bill that carries his name. |
| 03 | A Gift Of Fire | 20140914 | 20180831 (BBC7) 20180901 (BBC7) 20140920 (R4) | by Anthony Trollope, dramatised for radio by Nick Warburton After a lot of proposals made and turned down in Barchester, Miss Dunstable decides to hold a party. Lord Lufton - turned down by Lucy - finally comes back from his fishing trip, unaware that Lucy is now nursing the Vicar's wife in typhus-ridden Hogglestock..... And we return to Anthony Trollope's Barchester in 'The Small House at Allington', will be broadcast in December. Miss Dunstable holds a party while Lord Lufton finally returns from his fishing trip. |