Bleak House
1959 • 1 SeasonBleak 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.
Top Series Cast
Andrew Cruickshank
as John Jarndyce
Diana Fairfax
as Esther Summerson
Colin Jeavons
as Richard Carstone
Anne Blake
as Mrs. Rachael
Elizabeth Shepherd
as Ada Clare
Iris Russell
as Lady Honoria Dedlock
Timothy Bateson
as William Guppy
John Phillips
as Mr. Tulkinghorn
Jerome Willis
as Allan Woodcourt
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