Bleak House (1985 TV serial)

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Bleak House
Genre	TV drama
Starring	Diana Rigg, Denholm Elliot, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, Philip Franks, and Suzanne Burden
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	8
Production
Producer(s)	BBC Television
Running time	8 Episodes of 52 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC Two

Bleak House (1985) was the second adaptation by the BBC of the Charles Dickens novel of the same name. The novel was adapted by Arthur Hopcraft.

It ran for eight episodes and starred Diana Rigg as Lady Dedlock, with Denholm Elliott in the role of John Jarndyce, and Philip Franks as Richard Carstone. In the United States the series ran under the Masterpiece Theatre series umbrella.

This version should not be confused with the 2005 television adaptation, also produced by the BBC.