Bleak House (1985 TV serial)

This article is about the 1985 adaptation. For the 1959 adaptation, see Bleak House (1959 TV serial). For the 2005 adaptation, see Bleak House (2005 TV serial).

Bleak House
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GenrePeriod drama
Starring
ComposerGeoffrey Burgon
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes8
Production
CinematographyKenneth MacMillan
Running time52 minutes
Production companyBBC Television
Original release
NetworkBBC2
Release10 April (1985-04-10) –
29 May 1985 (1985-05-29)
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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.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bleak House Episode 1 (1985)". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Bleak House: Episode 1". 16 October 1959. p. 19 – via BBC Genome.
  3. ^ "Bleak House (1985) - Ross Devenish | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related" – via AllMovie.
  4. ^ "PBS's painterly 'Bleak House'". The Christian Science Monitor. 27 November 1985.
  5. ^ "Bleak House Contributors". BBC Radio Times. 1985.


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