Great Charles Dickens adaptations
06 Jul 2011 Leave a Comment
in Bleak House, Gillian Anderson, Television Tags: Alun Armstrong, Andrew Davies, Anna Maxwell Martin, BBC, Bleak House, Burn Gorman, Carey Mulligan, Charles Dance, Charles Dickens, Denis Lawson, Gillian Anderson, Justin Chadwick, Lady Dedlock, Nathaniel Parker, Patrick Kennedy, Richard Harrington, Susanna White
By James Lachno
Two Great Expectations adaptations may be on the way, but can either top classic versions of Bleak House or A Tale of Two Cities?
This 15-part BBC serial could be the finest Dickens adaptation of them all. A budget of £8 million allowed for pristine sets and a huge ensemble cast, spearheaded by Gillian Anderson as tortured aristocrat Lady Dedlock and Anna Maxwell Martin as heroine Esther Summerson. The series’ dark undertones of deceit gripped around six million people each week in the UK, while a remarkable awards haul included five BAFTAs and two Emmys.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/8618355/Great-Charles-Dickens-adaptations.html
