1. The New Bishop

Four years have passed since Mr Harding was forced to relinquish the wardenship of Hiram's Hospital.

Now the cathedral town of Barchester is changing again, with the arrival of a new Bishop, his wife and Chaplain from London throwing all Barchester into disarray.

And Eleanor Bold is to meet them all and discover a potential rival in the beautiful but lame Madeline Neroni.

Anthony Trollope's novel, first published in 1857.

Dramatised in three parts by Nick Warburton.

Mrs Baxter ..... Maggie Steed
Mr Harding ..... Tim Pigott-Smith
Eleanor Bold ..... Claire Price
Archdeacon Grantly ..... Malcolm Sinclair
Obidiah Slope ..... Richard Lumsden
Bishop Proudie ..... James Lailey
Mrs Proudie ..... Joanna Monro
Madeline Neroni ..... Katherine Parkinson
Bertie/1st Clergyman ..... Joel MacCormack
Mrs Quiverful ..... Carolyn Pickles
Dr Stanhope ..... John Norton

Music composed by David Tobin, Jeff Meegan and Julian Gallant

Directed: Marion Nancarrow

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2014.