Title Bleak House. Episode 1 / by Charles Dickens ; screenplay by Andrew Davies ; produced by Nigel Stafford-Clark ; directed by Justin Chadwick ; a BBC, WGBH Boston co-production in association with Deep Indigo

Published London, England : British Broadcasting Corporation, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (52 min.) Summary Andrew Davies' adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic tale. Young orphan Esther Summerson is brought to the High Court of Chancery, where she is thrown together with two wards of the court, Richard Carstone and Ada Clare. Both are caught up in the infamous suit of Jarndyce and Jarndyce, which brings nothing but ruin and despair to all it touches. Esther, Richard and Ada are sent to live at Bleak House, where they receive a friendly welcome from their rich guardian John Jarndyce Notes Title from resource description page (viewed July 24, 2017) Cast Gillian Anderson, Alun Armstrong, Charlie Brooks, Warren Clarke, Pauline Collins, Charles Dance, Phil Davis, Burn Gorman, Richard Harrington, Matthew Kelly, Patrick Kennedy, Denis Lawson, John Lynch, Anna Maxwell Martin, Alistair McGowan, Carey Mulligan, Nathaniel Parker, Natalie Press, Anne Reid, Ian Richardson, Hugo Speer, Liza Tarbuck, Johnny Vegas, Timothy West Notes In English Nominated 2006 Satellite Awards, Best Miniseries Nominated 2007 Golden Globes, Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Nominated 2007 Golden Globes, Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television Won 2006 BAFTA Awards, Best Actress Won 2006 BAFTA Awards, Best Costume Design Won 2006 BAFTA Awards, Best Drama Serial Won 2006 BAFTA Awards, Best Editing Fiction Entertainment Won 2006 BAFTA Awards, Best Production Design Won 2006 Peabody Awards Won 2006 Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Non-Prosthetic) Won Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie Subject Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Bleak House -- Television adaptations SUBJECT Bleak House (Dickens, Charles) fast (OCoLC)fst01356240 Subject Actions and defenses -- England -- Drama Murder -- Investigation -- England -- Drama Orphans -- England -- Drama Actions and defenses. Murder -- Investigation. Orphans. England. Genre/Form Drama. Fiction television programs. Television adaptations. Television mini-series. Fiction television programs. Television adaptations. Television mini-series. Fictions télévisées. Adaptations télévisées. Miniséries. Form Streaming video Author Chadwick, Justin, director Davies, Andrew, 1936- screenwriter. Stafford-Clark, Nigel, producer Television adaptation of (work): Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Bleak House. British Broadcasting Corporation, production company. Deep Indigo Productions, production company. WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.

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