"Dickensian" - BBC1. Wonderful !

[jean]

I've only just got to the end of this.

I'm glad I could remember Bleak House sufficiently well to be aware of domething in Lady Dedlock's past, but not so well that it didn't take time for the significance of baby Esther's birth to sink in.

The most unsatisfactory resolution was the Compeyson story - were we really meant to believe that he had fallen for Amelia after all, which hadn't even been hinted at earlier? That reduced the objections of the noble cousuin to pure self-interest, since he didn't even seem to be aware of Compeyson's prior marriage.

[Anna]

Not totally offtopic - as ferney and others have just reread Bleak House - Drama Channel are broadcasting the wonderful 2005 BBC adaptation starting on Sunday 13th at 11.00am with 4 hour chunk, remainder on Sunday 20th. (It was in 15 short episodes originally)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Not totally offtopic - as ferney and others have just reread Bleak House - Drama Channel are broadcasting the wonderful 2005 BBC adaptation starting on Sunday 13th at 11.00am with 4 hour chunk, remainder on Sunday 20th. (It was in 15 short episodes originally)

- it was wonderful; and I remember Anna Maxwell-Martin (and Mr Davies) do a better job of Esther than did Dickens himself! (Last week I discovered a couple of DVDs with the whole of this production, that I'd bought - for 20p each! - from a charity shop yonks ago. As soon as I've finished the novel, I'll watch it again.)

[Nick Armstrong]

Thanks for the reminder (still not reading any posts) - what with being Trapped in Happy Valley in Deutschland '83 with Young Montalbano and The Night Manager, I've still got 7 of Dickensian left to watch!