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Bleak House
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.
Bleak House
October 16, 1959
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Cast (8)
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Colin Jeavons
Richard Carstone
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Andrew Cruickshank
John Jarndyce
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Elizabeth Shepherd
Ada Clare
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Timothy Bateson
William Guppy
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Anne Blake
Mrs. Rachael
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Diana Fairfax
Esther Summerson
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Iris Russell
Lady Honoria Dedlock
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John Phillips
Mr. Tulkinghorn
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Constance Cox
Writer