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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).
Original Release
1981
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Denholm Elliott | John Jarndyce |
| Suzanne Burden | Esther Summerson |
| Jonathan Moore | William Guppy |
| Diana Rigg | Lady Honoria Dedlock |
| Lucy Hornak | Ada Clare |
| Philip Franks | Richard Carstone / Richard Cartsone |
| Chris Pitt | Jo |
| Sylvia Coleridge | Miss Flite / Miss Flyte |
| Robin Bailey | Sir Leicester Dedlock |
| Bernard Hepton | Krook |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode #1.1 | Wednesday, 10 April 1985 |
| 2 | Episode #1.2 | Wednesday, 17 April 1985 |
| 3 | Episode #1.3 | Wednesday, 24 April 1985 |
| 4 | Episode #1.4 | Wednesday, 01 May 1985 |
| 5 | Episode #1.5 | Wednesday, 08 May 1985 |
| 6 | Episode #1.6 | Wednesday, 15 May 1985 |
| 7 | Episode #1.7 | Wednesday, 22 May 1985 |
| 8 | Episode #1.8 | Wednesday, 29 May 1985 |
Directors
Writers
Arthur Hopcraft, Charles Dickens
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Denholm Elliott | John Jarndyce |
| Suzanne Burden | Esther Summerson |
| Jonathan Moore | William Guppy |
| Diana Rigg | Lady Honoria Dedlock |
| Lucy Hornak | Ada Clare |
| Philip Franks | Richard Carstone / Richard Cartsone |
| Chris Pitt | Jo |
| Sylvia Coleridge | Miss Flite / Miss Flyte |
| Robin Bailey | Sir Leicester Dedlock |
| Bernard Hepton | Krook |
| Peter Vaughan | Tulkinghorn |
| Sam Kelly | Snagsby |
| Brian Deacon | Allan Woodcourt |
| T.P. McKenna | Harold Skimpole |
| Graham Crowden | Lord Chancellor |
| Pamela Merrick | Hortense |
| Dave King | Sergeant George |
| Charlie Drake | Smallweed |
| Eileen Davies | Judy Smallweed |
| Samantha Holland | Charley Neckett |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Jonathan Powell | Executive Producer |
| Betty Willingale | Producer |
| John Harris | Producer |
