October 16, 1959
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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
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Elizabeth Shepherd
Ada Clare
Iris Russell
Lady Honoria Dedlock
Timothy Bateson
William Guppy
John Phillips
Mr. Tulkinghorn
Jerome Willis
Allan Woodcourt
Series 1
11 episodes
October 16, 1959
BBC
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