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Brideshead Revisited: The Complete Series

Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge, 1982

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Now presented fully restored, this is one of the greatest television adaptations. John Mortimer’s script remains unflinchingly faithful to Waugh's classic novel, the plot progresses at wonderfully measured pace, allowing the viewer time to absorb and digest the characters at their leisure, and it also displays British acting at its finest.
The narrator is Charles Ryder (Jeremy Irons), and the story begins with his meeting the handsome, charming aristocrat Sebastian Flyte (Anthony Andrews) whilst they are both in their first year at Oxford. Flyte is doomed to despair and self-loathing at the hands of his Catholic background and also his unwillingness to leave his childhood behind. As the story unfolds and Ryder’s life becomes intertwined with the Flyte family, the viewer is left ‘drowning in honey’ as we meander through the summer days before the Second World War. The plot progresses however and the innocent fun of youth is slowly replaced by sad cynicism as the central relationship of Charles and Sebastian grows stale. The production also benefits from Olivier and Gielgud’s marvellous, complementary performances as the fathers of Sebastian and Charles respectively - the one bitter, the other detached and confused. Et in Arcadia Ego.

Caroline Hunter on 5th September 2005

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DVD Extras
  • 'Making of' documentary
  • Jeremy Irons
  • Diana Quick, Nicholas Grace
  • Anthony Andrews
  • Derek Granger (Producer) and Charles Sturridge (Director))
  • Image gallery
  • Commentaries: Michael Lindsay-Hogg (Director)
Film Details

Director

Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge

Year

1982

Country

UK

Cast

Anthony Andrews, Jeremy Irons, Laurence Olivier, Stephane Audran, Claire Bloom

Technical Details

Certificate

15

Length

641 mins

Label

G-VEN

Format

DVD Colour

Region

2

Aspect

1:1.33 (4:3) Standard

Cat No

3711529433

Main Language

English

Subtitles

Subtitles for hard of hearing (English)

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