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Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited

Description: A young painter becomes involved with an eccentric aristocratic family in this dramatisation of the Evelyn Waugh novel. Charles Ryder, portrayed by Jeremy Irons, meets Sebastian Flyte (Anthony Andrews) at Oxford, and though they are from very different levels of society, they develop a bond.
Genre: Drama
Year Released: 1981
Number of episodes: 11
First episode air date: October 12, 1981
Awards: British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series, MORE
Directors: Charles Sturridge, Michael Lindsay-Hogg
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