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Bleak House

Episode 1

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

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Andrew Davies' adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic tale. Young orphan Esther Summerson is brought to the High Court of Chancery, where she is thrown together with two wards of the court, Richard Carstone and Ada Clare. Both are caught up in the infamous suit of Jarndyce and Jarndyce, which brings nothing but ruin and despair to all it touches. Esther, Richard and Ada are sent to live at Bleak House, where they receive a friendly welcome from their rich guardian John Jarndyce. Show less

Contributors

Chancellor:
Ian Richardson
Sir Leicester:
Timothy West
John Jarndyce:
Denis Lawson
Mrs Jellyby:
Liza Tarbuck
Harold Skimpole:
Nathaniel Parker
Miss Flite:
Pauline Collins
Mr Tulkinghorn:
Charles Dance
Mr Brownlow:
Alistair McGowan
Lady Dedlock:
Gillian Anderson
Mrs Pardiggle:
Roberta Taylor
Mrs Rouncewell:
Anne Reid
Hortense:
Lilo Baur
Richard Carston:
Patrick Kennedy
Caddy Jellyby:
Natalie Press
Esther Summerson:
Anna Maxwell Martin
Ada Clare:
Carey Mulligan

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