The Pallisers

1974 TV-PG 22h 15m 8.1

Beginning with the forced marriage of Glencora (Susan Hampshire), the lives of the friends and children of this couple are the subject of study. The backdrop is the House of Commons in England as we watch the comings and goings and loves...

Beginning with the forced marriage of Glencora (Susan Hampshire), the lives of the friends and children of this couple are the subject of study. The backdrop is the House of Commons in England as we watch the comings and goings and loves and tragedies of the powerful and not-so-powerful.

The Pallisers background

Episodes:

Episode 1 Part One

1. Part One

Aired: Jan 19, 1974

Headstrong, beautiful, and rich Glencora is in love with a dashing wastrel bu...

Episode 2 Part Two

2. Part Two

Aired: Jan 26, 1974

While Plantagenet and Glencora are honeymooning in Switzerland, she meets cou...

Episode 3 Part Three

3. Part Three

Aired: Feb 2, 1974

Glencora confides to Alice - now her companion - of her love for Burgo Fitzge...

Episode 4 Part Four

4. Part Four

Aired: Feb 9, 1974

Even though Alice has broken off their engagement, John Grey secretly underwr...

Episode 5 Part Five

5. Part Five

Aired: Feb 16, 1974

After Glencora confesses to Plantagenet of her love for Burgo, he turns down ...

Episode 6 Part Six

6. Part Six

Aired: Feb 23, 1974

Now on holidays in Europe with Plantagenet and Alice Vavasor, Glencora has so...

Episode 7 Part Seven

7. Part Seven

Aired: Mar 2, 1974

Plantagenet Palliser is the Chancellor of the Exchequer in a revamped Liberal...

Episode 8 Part Eight

8. Part Eight

Aired: Mar 9, 1974

Phineas Finn's foolishness in co-signing for a loan on behalf of Lawrence Fit...

Episode 9 Part Nine

9. Part Nine

Aired: Mar 16, 1974

Having rescued Mr. Kennedy from a street mugging, Phineas Finn is now again w...

Episode 10 Part Ten

10. Part Ten

Aired: Mar 23, 1974

Phineas Finn survives his duel with Lord Chiltern and refuses to renounce his...

Episode 11 Part Eleven

11. Part Eleven

Aired: Mar 30, 1974

Phineas Finn intimacy with Mary forces him to consent to a secret engagement ...

Episode 12 Part Twelve

12. Part Twelve

Aired: Apr 6, 1974

Despite advice to the contrary, Finn speaks out in Parliament on behalf of Ir...

Episode 13 Part Thirteen

13. Part Thirteen

Aired: Apr 13, 1974

Lizzie Eustace must travel to London and surrender her diamonds to the courts...

Episode 14 Part Fourteen

14. Part Fourteen

Aired: Apr 20, 1974

Lizzie Eustace faces charges of perjury when her maid turns state's evidence,...

Episode 15 Part Fifteen

15. Part Fifteen

Aired: Apr 27, 1974

Finn ignores Kennedy's insistence that he not visit Laura in Dresden and find...

Episode 16 Part Sixteen

16. Part Sixteen

Aired: May 4, 1974

Bonteen offers his protection to Lady Eustace, who is being abused and extort...

Episode 17 Part Seventeen

17. Part Seventeen

Aired: May 11, 1974

Furious that he has been denied the Exchequer, Bonteen journeys to Prague to ...

Episode 18 Part Eighteen

18. Part Eighteen

Aired: May 18, 1974

Awaiting trial for murder, Finn despairs that everyone has lost faith in him,...

Episode 19 Part Nineteen

19. Part Nineteen

Aired: May 25, 1974

Although Marie Goesler's efforts in Prague are able to produce a witness that...

Episode 20 Part Twenty

20. Part Twenty

Aired: Jun 1, 1974

When the Liberal Party is returns to power with Plantagenet the presumptive P...

Episode 21 Part Twenty-one

21. Part Twenty-one

Aired: Jun 8, 1974

Lopez still hopes to marry Emily Wharton and to get Glencara's help to run un...

Episode 22 Part Twenty-two

22. Part Twenty-two

Aired: Jun 15, 1974

Lopez needs money to pay for his speculative business investments and politic...

Episode 23 Part Twenty-three

23. Part Twenty-three

Aired: Jun 22, 1974

Desperate for money, Lopez tries to extort money from Abel Walton by threaten...

Episode 24 Part Twenty-four

24. Part Twenty-four

Aired: Jun 29, 1974

Plantagenet's Liberal government falls as Sliverbridge becomes involved with ...

Episode 25 Part Twenty-five

25. Part Twenty-five

Aired: Oct 26, 1974

After Tipto feels slighted by Silverbridge, he humiliates him into wagering 4...

Episode 26 Part Twenty-six

26. Part Twenty-six

Aired: Nov 2, 1974

A dying Glencora's last wishes are that Mary become financially independent a...

Info about The Pallisers

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC Two

Genres: Drama, Romance