Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House Episode #1.1 (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Drama, Crime

Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House

Episode #1.1 (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Drama, Crime

Upon the order of the High Court of Chancery, Esther Summerson, together with Ada Clare and Richard Carstone, wards in the Jarndyce case, travel to meet their guardian, John Jarndyce, at Bleak House.

Director

Ross Devenish

Writers

Charles Dickens (novel) | Arthur Hopcraft (dramatised by)

Producers

John Harris | Betty Willingale

Composer

Geoffrey Burgon

Cinematographer

Kenneth MacMillan

Editor

Clare Douglas

Production Designers

Martin Childs | Tim Harvey

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 10, 1985

Release date

Apr 10, 1985 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

3 wins & 3 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
24 cast members

Name	Known for
Diana Rigg Lady Honoria Dedlock Lady Honoria Dedlock See fewer	Last Night in Soho (2021)
Denholm Elliott John Jarndyce John Jarndyce See fewer	A Room with a View (1985)
Rebecca Sebborn Young Esther Young Esther See fewer	Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House (1985)
Fiona Walker Miss Barbary Miss Barbary See fewer	Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
Suzanne Burden Esther Summerson Esther Summerson See fewer	Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018)
Chris Pitt Jo Jo See fewer	The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
Donald Sumpter 'Nemo' 'Nemo' See fewer	In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
Jonathan Moore William Guppy William Guppy See fewer	Sharpe (1993)
Graham Crowden Lord Chancellor Lord Chancellor See fewer	For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Lucy Hornak Ada Clare Ada Clare See fewer	Never Say Never Again (1983)
Philip Franks Richard Carstone Richard Carstone See fewer	Phantom Thread (2017)
Sylvia Coleridge Miss Flite Miss Flite See fewer	Tess (1979)
Bernard Hepton Krook Krook See fewer	Get Carter (1971)
Stephen Kemble Footman Footman See fewer	The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1982)
Peter Vaughan Tulkinghorn Tulkinghorn See fewer	Straw Dogs (1971)
Robin Bailey Sir Leicester Dedlock Sir Leicester Dedlock See fewer	Having a Wild Weekend (1965)
Frank Windsor Gridley Gridley See fewer	A for Andromeda (1961)
Kathy Burke Guster Guster See fewer	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Sam Kelly Snagsby Snagsby See fewer	Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Arthur Hewlett Waggoner Waggoner See fewer	BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
T.P. McKenna Harold Skimpole Harold Skimpole See fewer	Ulysses (1967)
Cathy Murphy Housemaid Housemaid See fewer	Welcome to the Punch (2013)
Wanda Lynam Begging woman Begging woman See fewer	Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House (1985)
Harry Fielder Smart gent passerby (uncredited) Smart gent passerby (uncredited) See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)