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DVD

Bleak House

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Languages

Closed-captioned.

Performers

Denholm Elliott, Robin Bailey, Peter Vaughan, Kathy Burke, Diana Rigg.

Publication Information

[London] : BBC Video ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2005]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (ca. 418 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

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.

Notes

Title from container.

Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.

Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 1985 on the BBC and in the United States as part of the PBS series Masterpiece Theatre.

Contents

  • Side A. Episodes 1-4
  • Side B. Episodes 5-8.

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