Bleak House filmed in 1920 and 1922. The latter version featured Sybil Thorndike as Lady Dedlock. In 1928, a short film made in the UK in the Phonofilm sound-on-film process starred Bransby Williams as Grandfather Smallweed. In 1998, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a radio adaptation of five hour-long episodes, starring Michael Kitchen as John Jarndyce. The BBC has produced three television adaptations of "Bleak House". The first serial, "Bleak House", was broadcast in 1959 in eleven half-hour episodes. The second "Bleak House", starring Diana Rigg and Denholm Elliott, aired in 1985 as an eight-part series. In 2005, the third "Bleak House" was
Bleak House: The Death of Rudolph van Richten overall. He calls "Bleak House" "the rip-roaring finale of Ravenloft's most famous do-gooder" where "only the lucky will survive," stating that the adventure campaign "ranks as one of Ravenloft's best ever, bundling together classic horror tales, rewarding roleplaying and the resurrection of some fine game mechanics". He felt that "Bleak House" "has a distinct "Star Wars" feel," saying that "Whom Fortune Would Destroy" is "great" and that "The Baron" is "a necessary but unsatisfying transition" while "Homecoming" offers "the equivalent payoff of a second Death Star assault, Ewok battle, Duel with Darth Vader and then some." Of "Whom Fortune Would