Series

Bleak House

1959 · 1 season · Drama

IMDb

5.4

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.

Andrew Cruickshank

John Jarndyce

Diana Fairfax

Esther Summerson

Colin Jeavons

Richard Carstone

Anne Blake

Mrs. Rachael

Elizabeth Shepherd

Ada Clare

Iris Russell

Lady Honoria Dedlock

Timothy Bateson

William Guppy

John Phillips

Mr. Tulkinghorn

Jerome Willis

Allan Woodcourt

• Constance CoxWriter

First aired

October 16, 1959

Last aired

December 25, 1959

Status

Ended

Original language

English

Episodes

11

Genres

Drama

• Series 111 episodes · 1959