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Bleak House

Bleak House

Bleak House

1985
Drama, Crime
TV Mini-Series
Bleak House is BBC television drama first broadcast in 1985. The serial was adapted by Arthur Hopcraft from Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House and it was the second adaptation by the BBC. It ran for eight episodes and starred Diana Rigg as Lady Dedlock, with Denholm Elliott in the role of John Jarndyce. (Wikipedia)

Starring:

Denholm Elliott
Denholm-Elliott
83 total credits
Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE (31 May 1922 - 6 October 1992) was an English actor of stage and screen, with over 120 major film and TV credits. After making his film debut in Dear Mr. Prohack (1949), he went on to play a wide range of parts, often such ineffectual and occasionally seedy characters as the journalist Bayliss in Defence of the Realm, the abortionist in Alfie, and the washed-up film director in The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz...(Wikipedia)
,
Peter Vaughan
Peter-Vaughan
63 total credits
Credits include: Brazil, Time Bandits, Straw Dogs, Death at a Funeral and The Remains of the Day
,
Diana Rigg
Diana-Rigg
44 total credits
Credits include: On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Last Night in Soho, The Painted Veil, The Great Muppet Caper and Theatre of Blood
,
Bernard Hepton
Bernard-Hepton
17 total credits
Credits include: Emma, The Plague Dogs, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, The Woman in Black and Emma
,
Robin Bailey
Robin-Bailey
12 total credits
Credits include: See No Evil, Having a Wild Weekend, Dead on Time, The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship and Folly to Be Wise
,
Sylvia Coleridge
Sylvia-Coleridge
3 total credits
Credits include: Artemis 81, I Met a Murderer and Bleak House
,
Lucy Hornak
Lucy-Hornak
2 total credits
Credits include: The Cold Room and Bleak House
,
Chris Pitt
Chris-Pitt
2 total credits
Credits include: The Lair of the White Worm and Bleak House
,
Suzanne Burden
Suzanne-Burden
4 total credits
Credits include: Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Troilus & Cressida, Shakespeare: The Animated Tales and Bleak House
,
Philip Franks
Philip-Franks
4 total credits
Credits include: The Darling Buds of May, Martin Chuzzlewit, Bleak House and Bad Blood
,
Jonathan Moore
Jonathan-Moore
1 total credit
Credits include: Bleak House

Genres:

Drama, Crime

AKA:

Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Bleak House

1985
Drama, Crime
TV Mini-Series
Your probable score

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21 Aug 2025
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Watched this (as well as the later version) due to the "name" cast in at least 2 of the roles (the names do not make a great difference). While this one is more grim and grimy, it was somewhat let down by it's softer video quality. No idea which is more faithful to the original, this seems to have a never-ending conclusion. IMO you need to watch both to get a full telling.

Cast & Info

Starring:

Denholm Elliott
Denholm-Elliott
83 total credits
Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE (31 May 1922 - 6 October 1992) was an English actor of stage and screen, with over 120 major film and TV credits. After making his film debut in Dear Mr. Prohack (1949), he went on to play a wide range of parts, often such ineffectual and occasionally seedy characters as the journalist Bayliss in Defence of the Realm, the abortionist in Alfie, and the washed-up film director in The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz...(Wikipedia)
,
Peter Vaughan
Peter-Vaughan
63 total credits
Credits include: Brazil, Time Bandits, Straw Dogs, Death at a Funeral and The Remains of the Day
,
Diana Rigg
Diana-Rigg
44 total credits
Credits include: On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Last Night in Soho, The Painted Veil, The Great Muppet Caper and Theatre of Blood
,
Bernard Hepton
Bernard-Hepton
17 total credits
Credits include: Emma, The Plague Dogs, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, The Woman in Black and Emma
,
Robin Bailey
Robin-Bailey
12 total credits
Credits include: See No Evil, Having a Wild Weekend, Dead on Time, The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship and Folly to Be Wise
,
Sylvia Coleridge
Sylvia-Coleridge
3 total credits
Credits include: Artemis 81, I Met a Murderer and Bleak House
,
Lucy Hornak
Lucy-Hornak
2 total credits
Credits include: The Cold Room and Bleak House
,
Chris Pitt
Chris-Pitt
2 total credits
Credits include: The Lair of the White Worm and Bleak House
,
Suzanne Burden
Suzanne-Burden
4 total credits
Credits include: Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Troilus & Cressida, Shakespeare: The Animated Tales and Bleak House
,
Philip Franks
Philip-Franks
4 total credits
Credits include: The Darling Buds of May, Martin Chuzzlewit, Bleak House and Bad Blood
,
Jonathan Moore
Jonathan-Moore
1 total credit
Credits include: Bleak House

Genres:

Drama, Crime

AKA:

Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House

Country:

UK

Language:

English
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