Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.7 / 5.0

A wonderful and moving view of England ca. 1920 to WWII:

Even if you have never read Evelyn Waugh's brilliant book, you will greatly enjoy this superb video series. The character of Waugh's incisive prose is preserved, and the first-rate performances of the cast (Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Sir Laurence Olivier, and Claire Bloom among others) will deeply impress you.

Brideshead Revisisted is the story of Charles Ryder and his connections to the aristocratic Marchmain family whose estate--Brideshead-- provides the core of this story. We follow Charles from... more info

Well, it's about time!:

Well, it's about time. One of the best (in my opinion, the best) of the British mini-series has finally made it to DVD. Although not perfect, the transfer is very good indeed, and a vast improvement over my ancient tapes.

My only (minor) complaints involve the sound, which is occasionally a little muddy; and now and again the dialogue seems ever so slightly out of sync with the actors. Also, there is no close captioning or English subtitles.

But forget that and think of what we're getting: an excellent... more info

British drama at its best:

This must be one of the alltime classics of British drama. Saw it on TV when it was aired, bought the VHS and when released on DVD, bought it on DVD. Well, that must be saying something. It is one of my favourites. I think this must be one of those productions where you can say in hindsight that you would have done it in exactly the same way. I do not have higher praise to give. Shame the DVD release does not give extras and is really badly done. One would have thought that a high profile production like... more info

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