Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited is a critically-praised television series starring Jeremy Irons. The series was filmed in 1981. Inspired by the Evelyn Waugh novel of the same name, Brideshead Revisited tells the tragic story of Charles Ryder (Jeremy Irons), a young student at Oxford University who becomes fast friends with Sebastian Marchmain (Anthony Andrews), the son of the aristocratic and somewhat eccentric Marchmain family. The working-class Ryder soon becomes enmeshed in the Marchmain's wealthy, privileged existence; living in Brideshead, the family's palatial residence, he must deal with several conflicting romantic interests and with increasing pressure from the Marchmains to convert to Roman Catholicism. As time progresses, Ryder must also deal with Sebastian's worsening alcoholism and his own torment over the religious decisions that lay before him. This adaptation of Brideshead Revisited won seven BAFTA Awards and was nominated for four others; it also won one Emmy Award, and was nominated in nine other categories. MORE