

The generous John Jarndyce, struggling with his own past, and his two young wards Richard and Ada, are all caught up, like Lady Dedlock, in the infamous case of Jarndyce…
Drama • Series • 1985 • 1 season
Starring: Denholm Elliott, Suzanne Burden, Jonathan Moore
Created by: Arthur Hopcraft

S1 E1 - Episode 1
Young Esther Summerson, brought up as an orphan, is summoned to London by her guardian's solicitors. She is to meet the Wards of Court in Jarndyce and Jarndyce court case over a will, and become acquainted with her guardian John Jarndyce for the first time.
Apr 10, 1985

S1 E2 - Episode 2
Esther is entrusted with the running of Bleak House.
Apr 17, 1985

S1 E3 - Episode 3
Lady Dedlock ceases the case, Esther refuses an offer of marriage and Miss Flite collapses after a court hearing.
Apr 24, 1985

S1 E4 - Episode 4
Lady Dedlock persuades Jo, a young crossing sweeper, to show her the haunts of the late Captain Hawdon. Richard's intended engagement to Ada perturbs Jarndyce, who considers it hasty, and they argue.
May 1, 1985

S1 E5 - Episode 5
Smallweed presses George for documents in Captain Hawdon's handwriting, while Jo is questioned about the 'Lady' Tulkinghorn showed around London.
May 8, 1985

S1 E6 - Episode 6
Esther becomes ill with smallpox, while Smallweed inherits Krook's property.
May 15, 1985

S1 E7 - Episode 7
Esther, severely scarred, has recovered from smallpox. She meets Lady Dedlock, who confesses that she is her mother. Jo has been found desperately ill and living rough, but dies soon afterwards. The lawyer Tulkinghorn, has been murdered in his rooms.
May 22, 1985

S1 E8 - Episode 8
Richard, now married to Ada, continues the legal cause of Jarndyce.
May 29, 1985
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Bleak House
The generous John Jarndyce, struggling with his own past, and his two young wards Richard and Ada, are all caught up, like Lady Dedlock, in the infamous case of Jarndyce vs Jarndyce, which will make one of them rich beyond imagination if it can ever be brought to a conclusion. As Tulkinghorn digs deeper into Lady Dedlock's past, he unearths a secret that will change their lives forever, and which is almost as astounding as the final outcome of the Jarndyce case.
Drama • TV Series • 1985