Overview

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.

Top Cast

Andrew Cruickshank

John Jarndyce

Diana Fairfax

Esther Summerson

Colin Jeavons

Richard Carstone

Anne Blake

Mrs. Rachael

Elizabeth Shepherd

Ada Clare

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Iris Russell

Lady Honoria Dedlock

Timothy Bateson

William Guppy

John Phillips

Mr. Tulkinghorn

Jerome Willis

Allan Woodcourt