Bleak House(1985)
Drama
First Air Date: 1985-04-10
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 6.4
Votes: 8
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
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.
Keywords
based on novel or bookminiseriespovertyperiod dramagrime
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Miniseries
Episodes: 8E01
Episode 1
Air Date: 1985-04-10
Young Esther Summerson, brought up as an orphan, is summoned to London by her guardian's solicitors. She is to meet t...
E02
Episode 2
Air Date: 1985-04-17
Esther is entrusted with the running of Bleak House.
E03
Episode 3
Air Date: 1985-04-24
Lady Dedlock ceases the case, Esther refuses an offer of marriage and Miss Flite collapses after a court hearing.
E04
Episode 4
Air Date: 1985-05-01
Lady Dedlock persuades Jo, a young crossing sweeper, to show her the haunts of the late Captain Hawdon. Richard's int...
E05
Episode 5
Air Date: 1985-05-08
Smallweed presses George for documents in Captain Hawdon's handwriting, while Jo is questioned about the 'Lady' Tulki...
E06
Episode 6
Air Date: 1985-05-15
Esther becomes ill with smallpox, while Smallweed inherits Krook's property.
E07
Episode 7
Air Date: 1985-05-22
Esther, severely scarred, has recovered from smallpox. She meets Lady Dedlock, who confesses that she is her mother. ...
E08
Episode 8
Air Date: 1985-05-29
Richard, now married to Ada, continues the legal cause of Jarndyce.
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