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Title:
Bleak House [videorecording] / by Charles Dickens ; dramatised by Arthur Hopcraft ; directed by Ross Devenish ; a BBC-TV production in association with the Arts and Entertainment Network.
Author:
Hopcraft, Arthur.

Rigg, Diana.

Elliott, Denholm.

Bailey, Robin.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Bleak House.

British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.

Arts and Entertainment Network.

BBC Video (Firm)

Warner Home Video (Firm)
Publication Information:
[England] : BBC Video : 2 Entertain Video ; Burbank, CA : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, c2009.
Call Number:
PN1997.2 .B543 2009
Abstract:
"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, one of the first detectives to appear in English literature. A savage, but often comic, indictment of a society that is rotten to the core ..."--Container.
Added Uniform Title:
Masterpiece theatre (Television program)
ISBN:
9781419880810
Series:
Charles Dickens collection ; 1

BBC Video classics

Charles Dickens collection ; 1.

BBC Video classics.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (418 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Originally produced for television in 1985; broadcast in the U.S. as episodes of the television series, Masterpiece Theatre.

Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.

Double-sided disc.
Contents:
[Side 1]. Episodes 1-4 (208 min.) -- [side 2]. Episodes 5-8 (210 min.).
Uniform Title:
Bleak House (Television program : 1985)
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