1. The New Bishop

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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.