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2005

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Starring	Gillian Anderson, Charles Dance, Charlie Brooks, Liza Tarbuck
Director	Justin Chadwick, Susanna White
Genres	Audio Descriptive, Drama

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Bleak House

Acclaimed writer Andrew Davies turns his talents to one of Charles Dickens' most brilliant novels - arguably the greatest ever depiction of Victorian London. Fresh and imaginative, yet faithful to the original, this thrilling fast-paced adaptation is shot with a contemporary edge. At its heart is the story of the icily beautiful Lady Dedlock, who nurses a dark secret, and the merciless lawyer Tulkinghorn, who seeks to uncover it. The generous John Jarndyce, struggling with his own past, and his two young wards Richard and Ada, are all caught up, like Lady Dedlock, in the infamous case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce, which will make one of them rich beyond imagination if it can ever be brought to a conclusion. As Tulkinghorn digs deeper into Lady Dedlock's past, he unearths a secret that will change their lives forever, and which is almost as astounding as the final outcome of the Jarndyce case.

Starring	Gillian Anderson, Charles Dance, Charlie Brooks, Liza Tarbuck, Johnny Vegas
Director	Justin Chadwick, Susanna White
Studio	2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO
Run time	DVD: 7 hrs 45 mins Blu-ray: 7 hrs 45 mins HD DVD: 7 hrs 45 mins
Certificate
Genres	Audio Descriptive, Drama
Language	DVD: English, English Audio Description Blu-ray: English HD DVD: English
Hearing-impaired	English
Released	Production year: 2005 To Rent: DVD: 20 Feb 2006 Blu-ray: 11 Feb 2008 HD DVD: not available HD DVD: 11 Feb 2008

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  BBC at its best
  
  This was a brave venture by BBC to serialise Bleak House much as Dickens wrote it i.e. in episodes.The transfer to tv written by Andrew Davies(also did the much... read more »
  
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  - 17 Feb 2006 at 13:26
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  Faithful and lush
  
  This series is one of the best things we've seen in a long time. It does the great novel justice. I was really looking forward to it and haven't been ... read more »
  
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  Best thing on TV in the last 20 years except for Ashes to Ashes. Great production of Dicken's classic. Highly recommended.
  
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  - 16 Nov 2010 at 20:34
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  Absolutely Brilliant!
  
  What can I say - this adaptation was thoroughly enjoyable. It reflected various human traits - love, greed, kindness, selflessness and guilt just to name a few... read more »
  
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  From the fog and squalor of Victorian London to the idyllic tranquillity of rural England, Dickens' tale of tragedy, intrigue and love, and stinging satire on the English legal system, is faithfully recreated in this BBC drama series. The story closely follows the characters involved in the ...

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  From the fog and squalor of Victorian London to the idyllic tranquillity of rural England, Dickens' tale of tragedy, intrigue and love, and stinging satire on the English legal system, is faithfully recreated in this BBC drama series. The story closely follows the characters involved in the ...

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  Acclaimed writer Andrew Davies turns his talents to one of Charles Dickens' most brilliant novels - arguably the greatest ever depiction of Victorian London. Fresh and imaginative, yet faithful to the original, this thrilling fast-paced adaptation is shot with a contemporary edge. At its heart is ...