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Bleak House   1985         TV, 391 min. Genre: Drama Director: Ross Devenish   Cast: Diana Rigg, Denholm Elliott, T.P. McKenna, Philip Franks, Brian Deacon, Robert Urquhart, Lucy Hornack, Peter Vaughan, Donald Sumpter, George Sewell, Ian Hogg, Sylvia Coleridge, Suzanne Burden, Chris Pitt, Robin Bailey   This BBC miniseries adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel revolves around doddering lawyers who are handling the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case at the Court of the Chancery in London. As the inheritance case drags on and ruins lives, the lawyers still collect money. Cast Diana Rigg Lady Honoria Dedlock Denholm Elliott John Jarndyce T.P. McKenna Harold Skimpole Philip Franks Richard Carstone Brian Deacon Allan Woodcourt Robert Urquhart Laurence Boythom Lucy Hornack Ada Clare Peter Vaughan Tulkinghorn Donald Sumpter Nemo George Sewell Ironmaster Rouncewell Ian Hogg Inspector Bucket Sylvia Coleridge Miss Flite Suzanne Burden Esther Summerson Chris Pitt Jo Robin Bailey Sir Leicester Dedlock