Scholar Dr. Black's seemingly mundane assignment of sorting through the assets of the Barchester Cathedral library takes an eerie turn when he comes across the papers of the late Archdeacon, who plotted to gain his position through murder. However, he soon comes to discover something truly horrific about the wooden choir stalls in the church, which are tied to a famous local tree and a sinister local legend.

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Cast

Robert Hardy

Archdeacon Haynes

Clive Swift

Dr. Black

Thelma Barlow

Letitia Haynes

Harold Bennett

Archdeacon Pulteney

Erik Chitty

Priest

David Pugh

John