Broadcast: Oct. 28-Dec. 9, 1984. Anthony Trollope wrote six novels centered on a fictitious cathedral city in the west of England. This series adapts the first two novels to relate the experiences of Septimus Harding. Septimus is a widower with two daughters and the most respected man in his community. When physician John Bold not only falls in love with his daughter Eleanor, but declares Septimus is cheating a charitable foundation for which he is warder, the story takes a comically dramatic turn. Other events which propel this narrative of city life include the appointment of a new bishop, whose wife and chaplain have many schemes of their own.
