Bleak House(TV show/series, 1985)

Name: Bleak House
Genre: Drama
Released: 1985
Rating: 3.1

1h per episode | Genre: Drama

Mini series in 1 season with 8 episodes

Rating: 3.1/5 (with 3 votes)

Bleak House is a BBC television drama first broadcast in 1985. The serial was adapted by Arthur Hopcraft from the Charles Dickens novel Bleak House (1853). The series was the second adaptation of Bleak House by the BBC (the first being in 1959). It ran for eight episodes and starred Diana Rigg as Lady Dedlock, with Denholm Elliott in the role of John Jarndyce. In the United States, the series ran under the Masterpiece Theatre series umbrella. A notable plot omission in this version is the story of Caddy Jellyby and the Turveydrop family. As opposed to the standard of videotape for studio-based scenes and film for location-based scenes, the series was shot entirely on 16mm colour film. ()

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About Bleak House

Bleak House is BBC television drama first broadcast in 1985. The serial was adapted by Arthur Hopcraft from Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House and it was the second adaptation by the BBC.

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Bleak House Seasons and Episodes

04/10/1985Miniseries - 8 episodes

#1 | 04/10/1985Episode 1

Young Esther Summerson, brought up as an orphan, is summoned to London by her guardian's solicitors. She is to meet the Wards of Court in Jarndyce and Jarndyce court case over a will, and become acquainted with her guardian John Jarndyce for the first time.

#2 | 04/17/1985Episode 2

Esther is entrusted with the running of Bleak House.

#3 | 04/24/1985Episode 3

Lady Dedlock ceases the case, Esther refuses an offer of marriage and Miss Flite collapses after a court hearing.

#4 | 05/01/1985Episode 4

Lady Dedlock persuades Jo, a young crossing sweeper, to show her the haunts of the late Captain Hawdon. Richard's intended engagement to Ada perturbs Jarndyce, who considers it hasty, and they argue.

#5 | 05/08/1985Episode 5

Smallweed presses George for documents in Captain Hawdon's handwriting, while Jo is questioned about the 'Lady' Tulkinghorn showed around London.

#6 | 05/15/1985Episode 6

Esther becomes ill with smallpox, while Smallweed inherits Krook's property.

#7 | 05/22/1985Episode 7

Esther, severely scarred, has recovered from smallpox. She meets Lady Dedlock, who confesses that she is her mother. Jo has been found desperately ill and living rough, but dies soon afterwards. The lawyer Tulkinghorn, has been murdered in his rooms.

#8 | 05/29/1985Episode 8

Richard, now married to Ada, continues the legal cause of Jarndyce.

Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)

Based on: "Bleak House" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 2 languages: English (EN), Dutch (NL)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 04/10/1985

Last episode released on: 05/29/1985

Cast: Diana Rigg, Peter Vaughan, Philip Franks

Director: Ross Devenish

Keywords: period drama, grime, poverty, based on novel or book, miniseries

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