BLEAK HOUSE

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• Release Year: 1985
• Genre: Crime, Drama
• Plot: This stunning BBC production, starring Diana Rigg and Denholm Eliott, brings to life one of Dicken's finest works, an unflinching look at the absurdity of the legal profession, whose sole purpose seems to be lining the pockets of lawyers.; ; At the court of Chancery, the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case grinds on for years with no end in sight. Entangled in the lawsuit are a growing number of innocent victims: Ada Clare and Richard Carstone, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a child with mysterious parentage; and even Jo, the destitute little crossing-sweeper. As the case staggers onward, yet more people become embroiled in the furious legal battle, including the proud Lady Dedlock, who finds herself persecuted by the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn, then hunted by the determined Inspector Bucket, one of the first detectives to appear in English literature. A savage, but often comic, indictment of a society that is rotten to the core, Bleak House is one of Dicken's most ambitious novels.
• Cast: Diana Rigg, Denholm Elliott, Suzanne Burden, Jonathan Moore, Chris Pitt, Robin Bailey, Lucy Hornak, Philip Franks, Sylvia Coleridge, Bernard Hepton, Sam Kelly, Pamela Merrick, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, Brian Deacon, Graham Crowden, Eileen Davies, Charlie Drake, Dave King, Heather Tobias, Frank Windsor, Robert Urquhart, Felicity Finch, Samantha Holland, Harry Jones, Kathy Burke, Jack Carr, Peter-Hugo Daly, Gabrielle Daye, Arthur Hewlett, Ian Hogg, Stephen Kemble, Cathy Murphy, Katharine Page, Rebecca Sebborn, George Sewell, James Snell, Donald Sumpter, Wanda Toubas, Ross Devenish, Charles Dickens, Arthur Hopcraft
• Director: Ross Devenish
• Runtime: 6:58
• Company: BBC Video
• Media Format: Series