Bleak House (1985)
Synopsis
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.
First Air Date: 1985-04-10
Last Air Date: 1985-05-29
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 8
Networks: BBC Two
Top Cast
- Denholm Elliott as John Jarndyce
- Suzanne Burden as Esther Summerson
- Jonathan Moore as William Guppy
- Diana Rigg as Lady Honoria Dedlock
- Lucy Hornak as Ada Clare
- Bernard Hepton as Krook
- Brian Deacon as Allan Woodcourt
- Philip Franks as Richard Carstone
- T. P. McKenna as Harold Skimpole
- Chris Pitt as Jo
Seasons
Miniseries (1985)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Episode 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.
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Ep. 2: Episode 2
Esther is entrusted with the running of Bleak House.
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Ep. 3: Episode 3
Lady Dedlock ceases the case, Esther refuses an offer of marriage and Miss Flite collapses after a court hearing.
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Ep. 4: Episode 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.
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Ep. 5: Episode 5
Smallweed presses George for documents in Captain Hawdon's handwriting, while Jo is questioned about the 'Lady' Tulkinghorn showed around London.
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Ep. 6: Episode 6
Esther becomes ill with smallpox, while Smallweed inherits Krook's property.
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Ep. 7: Episode 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.
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Ep. 8: Episode 8
Richard, now married to Ada, continues the legal cause of Jarndyce.
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