Bleak House | |
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Genre | Serial drama |
Based on | Bleak House by Charles Dickens |
Written by | Constance Cox |
Starring | Diana Fairfax Andrew Cruickshank Colin Jeavons |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 11 |
Production | |
Producer | Eric Tayler |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | BBC |
Original release | |
Release | 16 October 25 December 1959 | –
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Bleak House is the first BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1853 novel of the same name.[1] It was adapted by Constance Cox as an eleven-part series of half-hour episodes first transmitted from 16 October 1959.[2] Unlike most television series of the 1950s, the complete serial survived and, in 2017, was released to DVD by Simply Media.[3]