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Miniseries

(1985)

Cast

Diana Rigg as Lady Honoria Dedlock
Diana Rigg

as Lady Honoria Dedlock

Denholm Elliott as John Jarndyce
Denholm Elliott

as John Jarndyce

Suzanne Burden as Esther Summerson
Suzanne Burden

as Esther Summerson

Philip Franks as Richard Carstone
Philip Franks

as Richard Carstone

Jonathan Moore as William Guppy
Jonathan Moore

as William Guppy

Lucy Hornak as Ada Clare
Lucy Hornak

as Ada Clare

Episodes

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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.

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April 24, 1985

Lady Dedlock ceases the case, Esther refuses an offer of marriage and Miss Flite collapses after a court hearing.

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May 1, 1985

Lady Dedlock persuades Jo, a young crossing sweeper, to show her the haunts of the late Captain Hawdon. Richard's inten…

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May 8, 1985

Smallweed presses George for documents in Captain Hawdon's handwriting, while Jo is questioned about the 'Lady' Tulking…

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May 15, 1985

Esther becomes ill with smallpox, while Smallweed inherits Krook's property.

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May 22, 1985

Esther, severely scarred, has recovered from smallpox. She meets Lady Dedlock, who confesses that she is her mother. Jo…

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May 29, 1985

Richard, now married to Ada, continues the legal cause of Jarndyce.