| Description |
3 videodiscs (approximately 465 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD ; region 1, NTSC ; widescreen (16:9 enhanced) ; Dolby Digital stereo. ; DVD-9. |
| Language |
In english with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| 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, Tom Georgeson, Lilo Baur, Katie Angelou, Loo Brealey, Michael Smiley, Emma Williams, Harry Eden. |
| Credits |
Ep. 1-7, 9 directed by Justin Chadwick; ep. 8, 10-15 directed by Susannah White. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by Charles Dickens. |
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Originally broadcast on BBC television in 2005. |
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Special features: Interviews with Gillian Anderson, Denis Lawson and Charles Dance; commentaries with writer Andrew Davies, producer Nigel Stafford-Clark and directors Justin Chadwick and Susanna White; photo gallery. |
| Summary |
Two innocent young orphans are the potential heirs to a fortune. Their fates are snarled in a monumental legal battle known as Jarndyce and Jarndyce. Another orphan, Esther Summerson, whose mysterious parentage proves to be intertwined with the fate of the Jarndyce wards and the aloof Lady Dedlock. Lady Dedlock faces the revelation of her dark past once Mr. Tulkinghorn catches wind of it. The icily beautiful Esther's background also comes to light after the murder of a strange man. Twines through the legal system to heartbreaking domestic drama to a murder investigation to near-Gothic horror. |
| Subject |
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Television adaptations.
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Orphans -- England -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Inheritance and succession -- England -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Actions and defenses -- England -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Procedure (Law) -- England -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Murder -- Investigation -- England -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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England -- Videodiscs. |
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DVD-Video discs.
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| Genre |
Fiction television programs.
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Television mini-series.
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Television adaptations.
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Television melodramas.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Television programs Great Britain.
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Television programs.
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| Added Author |
Stafford-Clark, Nigel, television producer.
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Davies, Andrew, 1936- screenwriter.
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Chadwick, Justin, television director.
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White, Susanna, television director.
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Anderson, Gillian, 1968- actor.
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Armstrong, Alun, actor.
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Brooks, Charlie, 1981- actor.
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Clarke, Warren, 1947-2014, actor.
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Collins, Pauline, 1940- actor.
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Dance, Charles, actor.
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Davis, Philip, 1953- actor.
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Gorman, Burn, 1974- actor.
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Harrington, Richard, 1975- actor.
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Kelly, Matthew, 1950- actor.
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Kennedy, Patrick, 1977- actor.
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Lawson, Denis, actor.
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Lynch, John, 1961- actor.
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Maxwell Martin, Anna, 1977- actor.
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McGowan, Alistair, 1964- actor.
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Mulligan, Carey, 1985- actor.
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Parker, Nathaniel, 1962- actor.
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Press, Natalie, actor.
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Reid, Anne, actor.
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Richardson, Ian, 1934-2007, actor.
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Speer, Hugo, actor.
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Tarbuck, Liza, 1964- actor.
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Vegas, Johnny, 1971- actor.
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West, Timothy, actor.
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Georgeson, Tom, actor.
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Baur, Lilo, 1958- actor.
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Smiley, Michael, 1963- actor.
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Eden, Harry, 1990- actor.
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Bleak House.
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British Broadcasting Corporation.
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WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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Deep Indigo Productions.
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BBC Video (Firm)
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BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1419880861 |
| Standard No. |
883929066094 |
| Music No. |
3000021141 BBC Video |
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1000093209 BBC Video |
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