Bleak House | |
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Genre | Serial drama |
Based on | Bleak House by Charles Dickens |
Screenplay by | Andrew Davies |
Directed by | Justin Chadwick Susanna White |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 15 |
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Executive producers | Sally Haynes Laura Mackie |
Producer | Nigel Stafford-Clark |
Running time | 30 minutes 60 minutes (episode 1) |
Production company | BBC Television |
Original release | |
Network | BBC One |
Release | 27 October 16 December 2005 | –
Related | |
Bleak House (1985) | |
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Bleak House is a fifteen-part BBC television drama serial adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel of the same name, which was originally published in 1852–53 as itself a print serialisation over 20 months. Produced with an all-star cast, the serial was shown on BBC One from 27 October to 16 December 2005, and drew much critical and popular praise. It has been reported that the total cost of the production was in the region of £8 million.[1]
Written by Andrew Davies, the serial was produced by Nigel Stafford-Clark and directed by Justin Chadwick and Susanna White.