EndedBBC Television1959-10-16

Bleak House

Name: Bleak House
Genre: Drama
Released: 1959-10-16
Rating: 10
Cast: Andrew Cruickshank, Diana Fairfax, Colin Jeavons, Anne Blake, Elizabeth Shepherd

Drama~30 min

Seasons

Episodes

Networks

BBC Television

Countries

First aired

1959-10-16

Last aired

1959-12-25

Language

Rating

10.0 / 10

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Synopsis and details

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.