Bleak House, Episode 4

Resource Information

The work Bleak House, Episode 4 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Massey University Library, University of New Zealand. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Bleak House, Episode 4

Title number

Episode 4

Statement of responsibility

by Charles Dickens ; screenplay by Andrew Davies ; produced by Nigel Stafford-Clark ; directed by Justin Chadwick ; a BBC, WGBH Boston co-production in association with Deep Indigo

Contributor

• Chadwick, Justin,
• WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
• Deep Indigo Productions
• Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
• Davies, Andrew, 1936-
• Stafford-Clark, Nigel,
• British Broadcasting Corporation

Production company

• WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
• Deep Indigo Productions
• British Broadcasting Corporation

Subject

• Orphans -- England -- Drama
• Actions and defenses -- England -- Drama
• Murder -- Investigation -- England -- Drama
• Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Television adaptations

Genre

• Television adaptations
• Drama

Language

eng

Summary

Andrew Davies' adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic tale. George's future is put at risk as Tulkinghorn uses the evil moneylender Smallweed to pile on the pressure. Guppy makes a discovery about Esther which shocks Lady Dedlock to the core. Esther and Jarndyce take in Jo the crossing sweeper, who is seriously ill and on the run from Tulkinghorn's men. But their kindness produces an unexpected result

Awards note

• Nominated 2006 Satellite Awards, Best Miniseries
• Nominated 2007 Golden Globes, Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
• Nominated 2007 Golden Globes, Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
• Won 2006 BAFTA Awards, Best Actress
• Won 2006 BAFTA Awards, Best Costume Design
• Won 2006 BAFTA Awards, Best Drama Serial
• Won 2006 BAFTA Awards, Best Editing Fiction Entertainment
• Won 2006 BAFTA Awards, Best Production Design
• Won 2006 Peabody Awards
• Won 2006 Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Non-Prosthetic)
• Won Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie

Characteristic

videorecording

Language note

In English

PerformerNote

Gillian Anderson, Alun Armstrong, Charlie Brooks, Warren Clarke, Pauline Collins, Charles Dance, Phil Davis, Burn Gorman, Richard Harrington, Matthew Kelly, Patrick Kennedy, Denis Lawson, John Lynch, Anna Maxwell Martin, Alistair McGowan, Carey Mulligan, Nathaniel Parker, Natalie Press, Anne Reid, Ian Richardson, Hugo Speer, Liza Tarbuck, Johnny Vegas, Timothy West

Runtime

53

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action