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TV series · 1959

Bleak House

First aired 16 October 1959 Drama TMDB ↗

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.

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Oldest first
John Phillips
as Mr. Tulkinghorn
45
Iris Russell
as Lady Honoria Dedlock
37
Timothy Bateson
as William Guppy
33
Diana Fairfax
as Esther Summerson
31
Jerome Willis
as Allan Woodcourt
30
Colin Jeavons
as Richard Carstone
29
Elizabeth Shepherd
as Ada Clare
23
Anne Blake
as Mrs. Rachael
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Everyone else (7) ↓
Nora Nicholson
as Miss Flite
66
David Horne
as Sir Leicester Dedlock
61
Leslie French
as Mr. Snagsby
55
Andrew Cruickshank
as John Jarndyce
51
Richard Pearson
as Inspector Bucket
41
Michael Aldridge
as Mr. George
39
Willoughby Goddard
as Mr. Chadband
33
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