Spans three decades from the early twenties to World War II in Charles Ryder's relationship with the wild and eccentric Sebastian Flyte and the aristocratic Marchmain family.
Publisher:Silver Spring, MD : Distributed exclusively by Acorn Media U.S., c2006.
General Note: Closed-captioned. In English with optional English subtitles.Home use only.Special features include: documentary, commentaries, outtakes, photo gallery.Standard format.Originally broadcast on television in 1981.Based on the novel by Evelyn Waugh.
Formatted Contents Note: Disc 1: Et in Arcadia ego -- Home and abroad. Disc 2: The bleak light of day -- Sebastian against the world -- A blow upon a bruise. Disc 3: Julia -- The unseen hook -- Brideshead deserted. Disc 4: Orphans of the storm -- A twitch upon the thread -- Brideshead revisited.
Participant or Performer Note: Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick, Jane Asher, Nickolas Grace, John Grillo, Simon Jones, Charles Keating, Phoebe Nicholls, Jeremy Sinden, Laurence Olivier, Claire Bloom, Stephane Audran, Mona Washbourne, John Le Mesurier, John Gielgud.