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.
WritersConstance Cox
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First air date1959-10-16
Last air date1959-12-25
Production countriesUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Production companiesBBC