Bleak House (Disc 1 of 3) (2005) Rating: Starring: Gillian Anderson, Charles Dance, Ian Richardson, Matthew Kelly, Burn Gorman, Carey Mulligan, Pauline Collins, Natalie Press, Anne Reid, Anna Maxwell Martin, Katie Angelou, Liza Tarbuck, Nathaniel Parker Director: Susanna White, Justin Chadwick, Authors:Charles Dickens Category: Television Studio: BBC Home Video Subtitles: English Length: 465 mins Want to buy?           As Seen On Masterpiece Theatre It has always been recognized as one of Charles Dickens' literary masterworks, but this Bleak House is now fast-moving, daring, gripping television. Here is the murder mystery, the love story, the comic genius, and the tantalizing scandal of the novel but, stripped of its sentimentality, we find ourselves swept along by a pulsating and edgy drama. Out of an interminable court case spin three young people each searching for their place in the world. Their story moves fast - swirling through an incredible array of characters from passionate young lovers to ruthless lawyers, from an ice=cold aristocratic beauty to a shrewd, relentless detective - until the final thrilling climax.