Miniseries
(1985)
Cast
as Lady Honoria Dedlock
as John Jarndyce
as Esther Summerson
as Richard Carstone
as William Guppy
as Ada Clare
Episodes
Episode 1 0.0
April 10, 1985
Young Esther Summerson, brought up as an orphan, is summoned to London by her guardian's solicitors. She is to meet the…
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April 17, 1985
Esther is entrusted with the running of Bleak House.
Episode 3 0.0
April 24, 1985
Lady Dedlock ceases the case, Esther refuses an offer of marriage and Miss Flite collapses after a court hearing.
Episode 4 0.0
May 1, 1985
Lady Dedlock persuades Jo, a young crossing sweeper, to show her the haunts of the late Captain Hawdon. Richard's inten…
Episode 5 0.0
May 8, 1985
Smallweed presses George for documents in Captain Hawdon's handwriting, while Jo is questioned about the 'Lady' Tulking…
Episode 6 0.0
May 15, 1985
Esther becomes ill with smallpox, while Smallweed inherits Krook's property.
Episode 7 0.0
May 22, 1985
Esther, severely scarred, has recovered from smallpox. She meets Lady Dedlock, who confesses that she is her mother. Jo…
Episode 8 0.0
May 29, 1985
Richard, now married to Ada, continues the legal cause of Jarndyce.