
The Pillars of the Earth(2010)
A sweeping epic of good and evil, treachery and intrigue, violence and beauty, a sensuous, spirited story set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles in 12th Century England.


This sprawling BBC saga follows an aristocratic family through three generations of power, wealth, intrigue, and scandal in Victorian England. Based on Anthony Trollope’s “political” novels .

Philip Latham
Plantagenet Palliser

Susan Hampshire
Lady Glencora M'Cluskie
The Pallisers is a drama series that first aired in 1974 exploring themes of based on novel or book, period drama, aristocrat, historical drama, political drama. Created by Simon Raven, it stars Philip Latham, Susan Hampshire. This sprawling BBC saga follows an aristocratic family through three generations of power, wealth, intrigue, and scandal in Victorian England. Based on Anthony Trollope’s “political” novels .
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