Afternoon TV has never been so attractive! Of course I watched the Pallisers about 40 years ago and am surprised how well it has worn. I don't think they do long series like this any more - remember War and Peace? - and I don't remember costumes as lavish in any recent series. Perhaps they can't afford them any more! The first novels I downloaded free for my Kindle three years ago were the complete works of Trollope and I feel that this adaptation would have been greatly appreciated by the author himself. And isn't it strange to see actors, who have grown old with us, in the early days of their careers - Anthony Andrews and Jeremy Irons in today's episode, later to be reunited in Brideshead Revisited.
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