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Bleak House

Ended 1959 1 season BBC Television United Kingdom 10.0 (1)
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Overview

Bleak House is the first BBC adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel of the same name. It was adapted by Constance Cox as an eleven-part series of half-hour episodes first transmitted from 16 October 1959. It stars Andrew Cruickshank in the role of John Jarndyce, Diana Fairfax as Esther Summerson and Colin Jeavons as Richard Carstone. The complete series still exists.

Top cast

Andrew Cruickshank
Andrew Cruickshank
John Jarndyce
 Diana Fairfax
Diana Fairfax
Esther Summerson
 Colin Jeavons
Colin Jeavons
Richard Carstone
 Anne Blake
Anne Blake
Mrs. Rachael
 Elizabeth Shepherd
Elizabeth Shepherd
Ada Clare
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Iris Russell
Lady Honoria Dedlock
 Timothy Bateson
Timothy Bateson
William Guppy
 John Phillips
John Phillips
Mr. Tulkinghorn
 Jerome Willis
Jerome Willis
Allan Woodcourt

1 season

Series 1
1959 · 11 episodes

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