Bleak House

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television series

Bleak House is a BBC television adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel, known for its ensemble cast and serialized, fast-paced retelling of the classic Victorian story.

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instanceOf television series →
audioFormat stereo →
awardReceived BAFTA TV Award →
Emmy nomination →
basedOn Bleak House →
basedOnWorkBy Charles Dickens →
composer Adrian Johnston →
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom →
director Justin Chadwick →
Susanna White →
firstAired 2005 →
format serial drama →
genre legal drama →
period drama →
language English →
laterReeditedAs hour-long episodes →
narrativeFocus Jarndyce and Jarndyce court case →
notableFor ensemble cast →
fast-paced editing style →
serialized broadcast format →
numberOfEpisodes 15 →
originallyBroadcastAs half-hour episodes →
originalNetwork BBC Four →
BBC One →
pictureFormat 16:9 →
producer BBC →
productionCompany BBC Drama Productions →
screenwriter Andrew Davies →
settingLocation London →
settingPeriod Victorian era →
stars Alun Armstrong →
Anna Maxwell Martin →
Burn Gorman →
Carey Mulligan →
Charles Dance →
Denis Lawson →
Gillian Anderson →
Joanna David →
Johnny Vegas →
Lilo Baur →
Nathaniel Parker →
Patrick Kennedy →
Patrick Malahide →
Pauline Collins →
Phil Davis →
Timothy West →
Warren Clarke →
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Andrew Davies ("Bleak House (2005 TV serial)") →
Burn Gorman →
Burn Gorman →
Gillian Anderson →
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