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The mystery of Bleak House deepens as Tulkinghorn is shot...
Tulkinghorn (Charles Dance) dramatically departs 大象传媒 ONE's compulsive drama Bleak
House tonight (Friday 2 December).
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In a scene reminiscent of Dallas in the Eighties, Tulkinghorn is shot when a
mysterious figure confronts him in his office.
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But he is not as lucky as JR, who survived his assassination attempt.
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We don't find out who did it until next week, but these are the key suspects...
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Lady Dedlock (Gillian Anderson);
Captain George (Hugo Speer);
Guppy (Burn Gorman);
Hortense, the maid (Lilo Baur);
Smallweed (Phil Davis).
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Tulkinghorn has his judgement day along with most of the villains in Bleak House, and some of the good guys,
too.
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The murder mystery is said to be one of the first in literature, paving the way
for the likes of Agatha Christie and PD James.
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With Bleak House originally being told in monthly instalments, readers were
guessing "whodunit" for weeks before the real culprit was revealed.
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"There's a murky figure - you never see who it is," says Dance, who recently made
his directorial debut with Ladies In Lavender, starring Dame Judi Dench and Maggie
Smith.
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And did Tulkinghorn deserve what he got?
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"Oh yes he did," he says, with a twinkle
in his eye.
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It wasn't a surprise for Dance to play a character who comes to a sticky end.
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"I've died in most things I've been in," he laughs. "I've been shot, I've hung
myself and I've exploded. I survived in The Jewel In The Crown though, but I've
died in quite a lot!"
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The 'hanging' took place in another Charles Dickens adaptation - a TV version of The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby (2001) in
which Dance played Ralph Nickleby.
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Bleak House, 大象传媒 ONE, Thursdays at 8.00pm and Fridays at 8.30pm, repeated on Sundays
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MO/JS2
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