Bleak House [videorecording] / by Charles Dickens ; a BBC-TV production in association with the Arts and Entertainment Network.
Hopcraft, Arthur.; Devenish, Ross.; Harris, John, 1916-1991.; Willingale, Betty.; Rigg, Diana.; Elliott, Denholm.; Burgon, Geoffrey.; Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Bleak House.; British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.; Arts and Entertainment Network.; BBC Video (Firm); 2 Entertain Video (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm)
2009
PR4556.A2 D48 2009
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Title Bleak House [videorecording] / by Charles Dickens ; a BBC-TV production in association with the Arts and Entertainment Network.
Uniform Title Bleak House (Television program : 1985)
Masterpiece theatre (Television program)
Variant Title Title on container: Bleak House by Charles Dickens
ISBN 1419880810 (set)
9781419880810 (set)
Imprint [England] : BBC Video : 2 Entertain Video ; Burbank, CA : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, c2009.
Language English
Language Note Close captioned for the hearing impaired.
Description 1 videodisc (418 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Standard Identifiers 883929068128
Call Number PR4556.A2 D48 2009
Distributor No. 3000021466 BBC Video
E2335 BBC Video
Summary "At the court of Chancery, the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case grinds on for years with no end in sight. Entangled in the lawsuit are a growing number of innocent victims: Ada Clare and Richard Carstone, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a child with mysterious parentage; and even Jo, the destitute little crossing-sweeper. As the case staggers onward, yet more people become embroiled in the furious legal battle, including the proud Lady Dedlock, who finds herself persecuted by the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn, then hunted by the determined Inspector Bucket, one of the first detectives to appear in English literature. A savage, but often comic, indictment of a society that is rotten to the core ..."--Container.
Note Originally produced for television in 1985; broadcast in the U.S. as episodes of the television series, Masterpiece Theatre.
Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
Double-sided disc.
Credits Dramatization, Arthur Hopcraft ; director, Ross Devenish ; music, Geoffrey Burgon ; producers, John Harris, Betty Willingale.
Performer Diana Rigg, Denholm Elliott.
Cast Diana Rigg, Denholm Elliott.
System Details Note DVD, region 1, NTSC; DVD18; Dolby Digital mono; aspect ratio 4:3.
Added Author Hopcraft, Arthur.
Devenish, Ross.
Harris, John, 1916-1991.
Willingale, Betty.
Rigg, Diana.
Elliott, Denholm.
Burgon, Geoffrey.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Bleak House.
Added Corporate Author British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
Arts and Entertainment Network.
BBC Video (Firm)
2 Entertain Video (Firm)
Warner Home Video (Firm)
Series Charles Dickens collection ; 1.
BBC Video classics.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > DVDs
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[Side 1]. Episodes 1-4 (208 min.)
[side 2]. Episodes 5-8 (210 min.).

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