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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 16 mm colour film.
- ^ "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.