Bleak House (1959 TV serial)
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This article is about the 1959 adaptation. For the 1985 adaptation, see Bleak House (1985 TV serial). For the 2005 adaptation, see Bleak House (2005 TV serial).
Bleak House is the first BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1853 novel of the same name.[1] It was adapted by Constance Cox as an eleven-part series of half-hour episodes first transmitted from 16 October 1959.[2] Unlike most television series of the 1950s, the complete serial survived and, in 2017, was released to DVD by Simply Media.[3]
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Bleak House | |
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Genre | Serial drama |
Based on | Bleak House by Charles Dickens |
Written by | Constance Cox |
Starring | Diana Fairfax Andrew Cruickshank Colin Jeavons |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 11 |
Production | |
Producer | Eric Tayler |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | BBC |
Original release | |
Release | 16 October (1959-10-16) ā 25 December 1959 (1959-12-25) |
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