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Bleak House is BBC television drama first broadcast in 1985. The serial was adapted by Arthur Hopcraft from Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House and it...
Genre:Drama
Network:BBC Two
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Season 1

  • Episode 1
    7.1/1019 votes
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    Episode 1

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/10/1985

    Young Esther Summerson, brought up as an orphan, is summoned to London by her guardian's solicitors. She is to meet the Wards of Court in Jarndyce and Jarndyce court case over a will, and become acquainted with her guardian John Jarndyce for the first time.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Arthur Hopcraft

  • Episode 2
    6.9/1016 votes
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    Episode 2

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/17/1985

    Esther is entrusted with the running of Bleak House.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Arthur Hopcraft

  • Episode 3
    7.0/1015 votes
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    Episode 3

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/24/1985

    Lady Dedlock ceases the case, Esther refuses an offer of marriage and Miss Flite collapses after a court hearing.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Arthur Hopcraft

  • Episode 4
    6.8/1015 votes
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    Episode 4

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/1/1985

    Lady Dedlock persuades Jo, a young crossing sweeper, to show her the haunts of the late Captain Hawdon. Richard's intended engagement to Ada perturbs Jarndyce, who considers it hasty, and they argue.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Arthur Hopcraft

  • Episode 5
    6.9/1014 votes
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    Episode 5

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/8/1985

    Smallweed presses George for documents in Captain Hawdon's handwriting, while Jo is questioned about the 'Lady' Tulkinghorn showed around London.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Arthur Hopcraft

  • Episode 6
    6.7/1014 votes
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    Episode 6

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/15/1985

    Esther becomes ill with smallpox, while Smallweed inherits Krook's property.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Arthur Hopcraft

  • Episode 7
    6.9/1012 votes
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    Episode 7

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/22/1985

    Esther, severely scarred, has recovered from smallpox. She meets Lady Dedlock, who confesses that she is her mother. Jo has been found desperately ill and living rough, but dies soon afterwards. The lawyer Tulkinghorn, has been murdered in his rooms.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Arthur Hopcraft

  • Episode 8
    6.6/1012 votes
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    Episode 8

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/29/1985

    Richard, now married to Ada, continues the legal cause of Jarndyce.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Arthur Hopcraft