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Bleak House / [videorecording] / by Charles Dickens ; a BBC-TV production in association with the Arts and Entertainment Network. /

Bleak House by Charles Dickens (other title)
Burgon, Geoffrey. (Added Author). Devenish, Ross. (Added Author). Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 (Added Author). Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Bleak House. (Added Author). Elliott, Denholm. (Added Author). Harris, John, 1916-1991 (Added Author). Hopcraft, Arthur. (Added Author). Rigg, Diana. (Added Author). Willingale, Betty. (Added Author). Arts and Entertainment Network. (Added Author). British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service. (Added Author). Warner Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Diana Rigg, Denholm Elliott. (Cast).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1419814494
  • ISBN: 9781419814495
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (418 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 1985.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"BBC Video classic"--Container.
"BBC VIdeo"--Container.
Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
Episodes 1-4 on side A and episodes 5-8 on side B.
Originally produced for television in 1985 as episodes of the television series, Masterpiece Theatre.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Dramatization, Arthur Hopcraft ; director, Ross Devenish ; music, Geoffrey Burgon ; producers, John Harris, Betty Willingale.
Participant or Performer Note:
Diana Rigg, Denholm Elliott.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD.
Language Note:
Close captioned for the hearing impaired.

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Young women > England > London > Drama.
Genre:
Made-for-TV movies.
Television mini-series.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Made-for-TV movies.
Television movies.

Available copies

  • 11 of 11 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Madison County Public Library.

Holds

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Hot Springs Library NR DVD BLE (Text) 30229100552883 Adult Video Available -
Mars Hill Library NR 1-DVD BLE (Text) 30229100629822 Adult Video Fiction Available -