Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited is a 1981 British television serial. The teleplay by John Mortimer is based on the novel of the same name by Evelyn Waugh. The bulk of the serial was directed by Charles Sturridge, with several sequences filmed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. Broadcast in eleven episodes, the serial premiered on ITV in the UK on 12 October 1981, on CBC in Canada on 19 October 1981, and as part of the Great Performances series on PBS in the United St... more

Brideshead Revisited is a 1981 British television serial. The teleplay by John Mortimer is based on the novel of the same name by Evelyn Waugh. The bulk of the serial was directed by Charles Sturridge, with several sequences filmed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. Broadcast in eleven episodes, the serial premiered on ITV in the UK on 12 October 1981, on CBC in Canada on 19 October 1981, and as part of the Great Performances series on PBS in the United States on 18 January 1982. In 2000, the serial placed tenth on a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes compiled by the British Film Institute, based on a poll of industry professionals. Episode 1: Et in Arcadia Ego (Original UK airdate 12 October 1981; 100 minutes) In the spring of 1944, disillusioned Army captain Charles Ryder is moving his company to a new Brigade Headquarters at a secret location he discovers is Brideshead, once home to the Marchmain family and the scene of both pleasant and anguished visits for the younger... less