Season 1

200515 EpisodesDrama

Cast & Crew

Charles Dance

Mr. Tulkinghorn

Gillian Anderson

Lady Dedlock

Denis Lawson

John Jarndyce

Patrick Kennedy

Richard Carstone

Natalie Press

Caddy Jellyby

Carey Mulligan

Ada Clare

Burn Gorman

William Guppy

Anna Maxwell Martin

Esther Summerson

Richard Harrington

Allan Woodcourt

Episode Guide

Young orphan Esther Summerson is brought to the High Court of Chancery, where she is thrown together with two wards of the court, Richard Carstone and Ada Clare. Both are caught up in the infamous suit of Jarndyce and Jarndyce, which brings nothing but ruin and despair to all it touches. Esther, Richard and Ada are sent to live at Bleak House, where they receive a friendly welcome from their rich guardian John Jarndyce.