| 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. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Jerome Willis | Allan Woodcourt | 11 |
| Colin Jeavons | Richard Carstone | 11 |
| John Phillips | Mr. Tulkinghorn | 11 |
| Elizabeth Shepherd | Ada Clare | 11 |
| Anne Blake | Mrs. Rachael | 11 |
| Diana Fairfax | Esther Summerson | 11 |
| Michael Aldridge | Mr. George | 6 |
| Richard Pearson | Inspector Bucket | 5 |
| Leslie French | Mr. Snagsby | 4 |
| David Horne | Sir Leicester Dedlock | 3 |