Now considered one of Charles Dickens' (1812-1870) finest
works, Bleak House was
originally published in twenty
monthly instalments from
March 1852.
The writer's fourteenth novel
is also cited as amongst the
earliest forms of fiction to
include a major role for a
detective.
is also cited as amongst the
earliest forms of fiction to
include a major role for a
detective.
The first television adaptation
of Bleak House was produced
by the BBC in late 1959, then again in the spring of 1985 for this production.
The Corporation's third version followed in 2005.
of Bleak House was produced
by the BBC in late 1959, then again in the spring of 1985 for this production.
The Corporation's third version followed in 2005.
The cast for this eight-part series was led by Denholm Elliott, and featured
Gerald Flood, and twenty-four other Doctor Who cast and crew alumni:
- Dame Diana Rigg (Lady Dedlock) was Winifred Gillyflower in The Crimson Horror
- Sylvia Coleridge (Miss Flite) was Amelia Ducat in The Seeds of Doom
- Philip Franks (Carstone) voiced the Supervisor and Acolyte for The Warehouse (2015), and Gevaudan for Zaltys (2017)
- Sam Kelly (Snagsby) voiced Eugene Tacitus for The Holy Terror (2000), and Acheron for Return to the Web Planet (2007)
- TP McKenna (Skimpole) was Captain Cook in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
- Malcolm Terris (Chadband) and Graham Crowden (Chancellor) both appeared in The Horns of Nimon, as the Co-Pilot and Soldeed - Crowden was also Etnin in The Dominators
- Frank Windsor (Grindley) and Ian Hogg (Bucket) both starred in Ghost Light, as Inspector Mackenzie and Josiah Samuel Smith - Windsor was also Sir Ranulf Fitzwilliamin The King's Demons, whilst Hogg voiced General Voshkar for The Sandman (2002), and Albert for Protect and Survive (2012)
- Kathy Burke (Guster) was a Lazar in Terminus
- Arthur Hewlett (Waggoner) was Kalmar in State of Decay and Kimber in Terror of the Vervoids
- Cathy Murphy (Maid) was Mum in The Christmas Invasion
- George Sewell (Rouncewell) was Ratcliffe in Remembrance of the Daleks
- James Snell (Barrister) was Harry in The Daemons
- Donald Sumpter (Nemo) was Enrico Casali in The Wheel in Space, Commander Ridgeway in The Sea Devils, Erasmus Darkening in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Eternity Trap, and President Rassilon in Hell Bent
- Fiona Walker (Miss Barbary) was Kala in The Keys of Marinus, and Lady Peinforte in Silver Nemesis
- Harry Fielder (Gent) was a Guard (in serials PP, ZZZ, 4L, 4P, 5A, 5F, 5Z), Crewman (SS, 4T), Vogan (4D), Assassin (4Q), Tigellan (5Q), and Krarg in Shada
- Seymour Green (Parson) was Hargreaves in The Seeds of Doom, and the Chamberlain in The Twin Dilemma
- Anne Reid (Mrs. Bagnet here; Miss Rouncewell in 2005) was Nurse Crane in The Curse of Fenric, and Florence Finnegan in Smith and Jones
- Colin Jeavons (Vholes here; Carstone in 1959) was Damon in The Underwater Menace
- Geoffrey Burgon was also the composer on Terror of the Zygons and The Seeds of Doom
- cinematographer Kenneth MacMillan was a camera operator on Planet of Evil
- Dave King was film editor on The Mutants too
- Jeremy Silbertson was also production manager on The King's Demons and The Five Doctors
- Mickey Edwards was VFX designer on Four to Doomsday too
