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Bleak House

Bleak House

10,0 /10 (1 Votes)
1959 EN 1 Seasons

Overview

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.

First air date

16/10/1959

Votes

1

Popularity

2.8

Genres

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Networks

BBC Television

Language

EN

Last air date

1959-12-25

Episodes

11

Episode runtime

30 min

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Series 1

11 episodes • 1959

Adapted for television in eleven episodes by Constance Cox

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