BBC Radio Presents' classic dramatization of Trollope's gently satirical moral tales of provincial life--contains two novels from Trollope's famous Barchester series. Dr.Thorne An ironic but affectionate drama of wealth & wedlock starring John Wood, Leo McKern, Amanda Root & Eleanor Bron. Dr. Thorne, one of Trollope's most popular novels, is the story of the apparently penniless social outcast Mary Thorne & Frank Gresham whose lot it becomes to save his landed family's ailing fortunes by making a 'good marriage'. But his lack of hypocrisy & his love for Mary suggests a different outcome which can only be realized with the revelation of a secret known only to the good Dr. Thorne himself. Framely Parsonage This classic novel captures the essence of Victorian England--where property, status, family & convention were paramount. Mark Robarts is a naive & ambitious young clergyman whose unwise association with spendthrift Sowerby & the dissolute Duke of Omnium brings him almost to the brink of ruin. Trollope's compassionately moral comedy features some of the most familiar characters of the series & stars David Haig, Anna Massey, Rosemary Leach & Kenneth Cranham.