Bleak House (2005)

Episode 1

E1    Oct 27, 2005    TV-14
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Young orphan Esther Summerson is brought to the High Court of Chancery, where she is thrown together with two wards of the court, Richard Carstone and Ada Clare. Both are caught up in the infamous suit of Jarndyce and Jarndyce, which brings nothing but ruin and despair to all it touches. Esther, Richard and Ada are sent to live at Bleak House, where they receive a friendly welcome from their rich guardian John Jarndyce.
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Cast of Episode 1
  • Anna Maxwell MartinEsther Summerson
  • Denis LawsonJohn Jarndyce
  • Carey MulliganAda Clare
  • Gillian AndersonLady Dedlock
  • Charles DanceMr. Tulkinghorn
  • Patrick KennedyRichard Carstone
  • Richard HarringtonAllan Woodcourt
  • Natalie PressCaddy Jellyby
  • Burn GormanWilliam Guppy
  • Liza TarbuckMrs. Jellyby
  • Johnny VegasKrook
  • Tony HaygarthGridley
  • Anne ReidMrs. Rouncewell
  • John LynchNemo / Captain James Hawdon
  • Nathaniel ParkerHarold Skimpole
  • Pauline CollinsMiss Flite
  • Emma WilliamsRosa
  • Alistair McGowanMr. Kenge
  • Ian RichardsonChancellor
  • Charlie BrooksJenny
  • Timothy WestSir Leicester Dedlock
  • Kelly HunterMiss Barbary
  • Lilo BaurHortense
  • Tom GeorgesonClamb
  • Harry EdenJo

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