Bleak House (1985 TV serial)
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| Bleak House | |
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| Genre | Period drama |
| Starring | |
| Composer | Geoffrey Burgon |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Cinematography | Kenneth MacMillan |
| Running time | 52 minutes |
| Production company | BBC Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC2 |
| Release | 10 April – 29 May 1985 |
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Bleak House is a BBC television drama first broadcast in 1985. The serial was adapted by Arthur Hopcraft from the Charles Dickens novel Bleak House (1853).[1]
The series was the second adaptation of Bleak House by the BBC (the first being in 1959).[2] It ran for eight episodes and starred Diana Rigg as Lady Dedlock, with Denholm Elliott in the role of John Jarndyce.[3]
In the United States, the series ran under the Masterpiece Theatre series umbrella.[4]
A notable plot omission in this version is the story of Caddy Jellyby and the Turveydrop family.
As opposed to the standard of videotape for studio-based scenes and film for location-based scenes, the series was shot entirely on 16mm colour film.
Cast
[edit]- Robin Bailey – Sir Leicester Dedlock
- Suzanne Burden – Esther Summerson
- Denholm Elliott – John Jarndyce
- Philip Franks – Richard Carstone
- Lucy Hornak – Ada Clare
- T. P. McKenna – Harold Skimpole
- Chris Pitt – Jo
- Diana Rigg – Lady Dedlock
- Sylvia Coleridge – Miss Flite
- Graham Crowden – Lord Chancellor
- Peter Vaughan – Tulkinghorn
- Bernard Hepton – Krook
- Jonathan Moore – William Guppy
- Frank Windsor – Gridley
- Brian Deacon – Allan Woodcourt
- Robert Urquhart – Laurence Boythorn
- Sam Kelly – Mr. Snagsby
- Dave King – Sergeant George
- Pamela Merrick – Hortense
- Ian Hogg – Inspector Bucket
- Charlie Drake – Smallweed
- Eileen Davies – Judy Smallweed[5]
- Donald Sumpter – 'Nemo'
- Gabrielle Daye – Mrs. Rouncewell
- Harry Jones – Phil Squod
- Colin Jeavons – Vholes
- Cathy Murphy – Housemaid
- Arthur Hewlett – Waggoner
- Anne Reid – Mrs. Bagnet
- Anthony Roye – Kenge
- George Sewell – Ironmaster Rouncewell
- Guy Standeven – Bagnet
- Stella Tanner – Mrs. Chadband
- Malcolm Terris – Reverend Chadband
- Paul Venables – Wat Rouncewell
- John Oliver – Felix Pardiggle
- Bob Goody - Barrister
- Cyril Appleton - Second Barrister
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Bleak House Episode 1 (1985)". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 February 2018.
- ^ "Bleak House: Episode 1". 16 October 1959. p. 19 – via BBC Genome.
- ^ "Bleak House (1985) - Ross Devenish | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related" – via AllMovie.
- ^ "PBS's painterly 'Bleak House'". The Christian Science Monitor. 27 November 1985.
- ^ "Bleak House Contributors". BBC Radio Times. 1985.
External links
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- 1985 British television series debuts
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- 1980s British drama television series
- BBC television dramas
- Films based on works by Charles Dickens
- Television shows based on works by Charles Dickens
- Television series set in the 1850s
- 1980s British television miniseries
- British English-language television shows
- Television shows set in England
- Works based on Bleak House
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