BLEAK HOUSE

Details

• Release Year: 2005
• Genre: Drama; Foreign
• Plot: It has always been recognized as one of Charles Dickens' literary masterworks, but this Bleak House is now fast-moving, daring, gripping television. Here is the murder mystery, the love story, the comic genius, and the tantalizing scandal of the novel but, stripped of its sentimentality, we find ourselves swept along by a pulsating and edgy drama.; ; Out of an interminable court case spin three young people each searching for their place in the world. Their story moves fast - swirling through an incredible array of characters from passionate young lovers to ruthless lawyers, from an ice-cold aristocratic beauty to a shrewd, relentless detective - until the final thrilling climax.; ; With a screenplay by Andrew Davies (Pride and Prejudice, Bridget Jones' Diary), Bleak House stars Gillian Anderson (The X-Files) and Charles Dance (Gosford Park).
• Cast: Anna Maxwell Martin; Denis Lawson; Carey Mulligan; Gillian Anderson; Tom Georgeson; Charles Dance; Patrick Kennedy; Timothy West; Burn Gorman; Hugo Speer; Pauline Collins; Philip Davis; Nathaniel Parker; Alun Armstrong; Anne Reid; Lilo Baur; Katie Angelou; Louise Brealey; Michael Smiley; Emma Williams; Harry Eden; Richard Harrington; Natalie Press; Sean McGinley; Dermot Crowley; Johnny Vegas; Bryan Dick; Lisa Hammond; Richard Cant; Alistair McGowan; Warren Clarke; Matthew Kelly; Ian Richardson; Charlie Brooks; Anthony Cozens; Alastair Galbraith; Sevan Stephan; Tony Haygarth; John Lynch; Tim Dantay; Richard Pettyfer; Benedict Martin; Peter Guinness; Emily Jewell; Sheila Hancock; Di Botcher; John Sheahan; Richard Griffiths; Joanna David; Jasey ó Dálaigh; Andrew Osbourne; Barry Ewart; Patrick Monckton; Sally Leonard; Keith Bartlett; Jack Brough; Howard Coggins; Paul Sirr; Ruby Williams; Kelly Hunter; Robert Pugh; Alex Blake; Tony Guilfoyle; Lila Sharp; Catherine Tate; Brian Pettifer; Michelle Tate; Dominic Coleman; Levi Hayes; Liza Tarbuck; Amelda Brown; Billy Hill; Mary Sheen; Rod Arthur; Andy Linden; Roberta Taylor; Cosh Omar; Tim Bruce; Nick Turner; Neg Dupree; John McCrea; Finn Morrell; Constance Stride; Justin Chadwick; Susanna White; Andrew Davies; Charles Dickens
• Director: Justin Chadwick
• Runtime: 7:45
• Company: BBC
• Media Format: Series