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Bleak House

Episode 12

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Available for years

Andrew Davies' adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic. Esther's feelings for Woodcourt grow stronger despite her best intentions. Inspector Bucket begins his murder investigation with no shortage of suspects. An early arrest appears to wrap the case up quickly, but a spate of poison pen letters suggests that all is not as it seems. Show less

Contributors

Mr Tulkinghorn:
Charles Dance
Sgt George:
Hugo Speer
Phil Squod:
Michael Smiley
Smallweed:
Philip Davis
Mercury:
Richard Cant
Sir Leicester:
Timothy West
Lady Dedlock:
Gillian Anderson
Policeman:
Howard Coggins
Esther Summerson:
Anna Maxwell Martin
John Jarndyce:
Denis Lawson
Ada Clare:
Carey Mulligan
Prince Turveydrop:
Bryan Dick
Old Mr Turveydrop:
Matthew Kelly
Caddy Jellyby:
Natalie Press
Mr Growler:
Brian Pettifer
Alan Woodcourt:
Richard Harrington
George:
Hugo Speer
Mr Vholes:
Dermot Crowley
Richard Carstone:
Patrick Kennedy
Servant:
Emily Jewell
Hortense:
Lilo Baur

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