Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.9 / 5.0

Why can't it go on forever?:

In my teens, I had a great love affair with Trollope novels, and usually am skeptical of tv renditions of my favorite reads. But the BBC's "Pallisers" portrays Trollope's political novels beautifully. (I remember watching this series in the 70's when I was a flight attendant with layovers in Salt Lake City -- this series was a warm friend in a city that rolled up the sidewalks at 5pm.)

Susan Hampshire's Glencora is perfection. She is the pivotal character who lights up the entire production. All of the... more info

Fine, fine adaptation of Trollope's Palliser novels:

This series adapts the six lengthy "Palliser" novels by Anthony Trollope into 26 episodes of delight and intrigue in Victorian England.

Susan Hampshire's Lady Glencora is without doubt the center of this series. Forced into a marriage with the wealthy but distracted Plantagenet Palliser, who seems far more interested in becoming Chancellor of the Exchequer than in his marriage, Lady Glencora must balance her relationship with her husband against that with another man, whom she has truly loved. Watching... more info

You Must See Them ALL - Brilliant Series!:

I just love the regency era - the pomp the circumstance and especially the clothes. I'd never heard of the this particular series before but went completely by the period. I AM SO GLAD that I did! THis was an absolutely amazing series.... I had also never before been aware of Susan Hampshire and must now say I am a devoted fan.

The story tells of a young heiress who lives life to the fullest, has her flirtations and falls in love with what appears to be a fortune hunter, but before he gets his hooks into... more info