Brideshead Revisited Episode 1 PART 1

[singergal57]

This is the definitive version. The recent movie is a piece of junk.

[Warxyph]

Sopa take this down

[MostlyReading]

Can anyone tell me what music they're using in the opening? Is it "Brideshead theme music" or an actual piece of classic music? - Thanks

[holmsatlarge]

@MostlyReading, Geoffrey Burgon - the theme for the 1981 TV series 'Brideshead Revisited.

[MostlyReading]

@holmsatlarge Thanks holmsatlarge!

[holmsatlarge]

@MostlyReading My pleasure. For a charming version,with lyrics,see--ALL ANGELS-AVE VERUM CORPUS-- on youtube.

[Oi2514]

Thanks for sharing.

[selfidentity1]

Jeremy Irons was my first crush, I was six! eheh remember this only because of him.

[squeapler]

YAY! Thank you! THIS is the definitive film of the book. Couldn't care less about the more recent movie.

[MeLittleAbbey]

not to be rude, but I don't like the recent version of this classic. (the movie version)..THIS, this is the good one! everybody watch this one please! this one is the amazing one =)

[ROCKSLIDZ]

@MeLittleAbbey Agreed...And why would anyone bother to "remake" this movie?? One can't improve upon Perfection.

[BeMyBelarus]

Rightyo-- LOL!

[hangfirers]

I have always loved Jeremy Irons, so when I learned that he starred in this series, which is based off one of the best novels I've read ever, I was ecstatic. Thanks!

[PoncifyingSince1995]

This is one of the greatest books I've ever read, and the series seems to be doing an amazing job so far. Thank you so much for the upload! This makes me very happy! :D

[counterhon]

I'm not sure if either the series or the film captures the brilliant feeling of the text, but since a lot of it is included here (like Charles' monologues) this certainly wins. For looks, I'll take the film.

[ptaaffe]

4:27 - Hooper clearly doesn't read his email !

[RiverChaopraya]

Oh thank you, thank you, thank you for the upload. I'm so happy to be able to see it for the first time :-)

[MowgliX]

By far the best TV series ever made.

[JustJim70118]

One of the best series ever made. I loved that series. Thank god for DVD!

[icreatedisco2]

A great classic !!

[MeLittleAbbey]

I watched this series about 5 times straight and still can't resist watching it again! It is something I can't ever forget. If would like to hear the soundtrack it's on my channel.

=] Cheers!

[curtainsorblinds]

D0nalF0ley iam looking forward to this 2/3 thru the book and was at the pub when the series was on the telly! Read the other novels in last couple of months and been saving this til last. Funny motherfucka aint he Waugh?!! Really funny, glad I saved them til now!

[dirtynuke]

I want to make love to that voice

[lighthousedreamers]

THANK YOU!!!! You have no idea how much money you just saved a college student from not having to rent this! =D *giant hugs*

[Vennegoor10]

To think this was an ITV production. Anyone watching that piece of Cowell obsessed shit today wouldn't recognise it from the channel that made this and many other classic dramas.

[DrZenith]

@Vennegoor10 I think you're right. Perhaps one reason for the lack of quality today is too many TV channels. Back in 1981 a good series could be assured of an audience of millions. It just goes to show the truth of the old saying 'More means worse'.

[wwwHOOPCAPITALcom]

is this a movie?

[holmsatlarge]

@wwwHOOPCAPITALcom No,it is T.V. miniseries.It is a brilliant adaptattion of Waugh`s slightly autobiographical novel(John Mortimer is the screenwriter.).

[SiggiLyrica]

Mr Ryders voice is totaly mezmerising (don't know how to spell that).

[creolelady182]

This mini series is still the standard that all mini series should be. You can't get this sort of quality anymore since trash has taken over the airwaves these days

[Swafferjohn]

I don't know what it is but I only ever seem to find myself watching this while marginally to extremely drunk! I do hope this doesn't make anyone lower their estimation of my appreciation of this superlative drama.

[ttellerx]

Thank you for this. Like Charles Ryder waking up at 39, recalling the days at Brideshead, seeing this series again after all this time from 1981, wakes in me fond memories of the time I first saw it. It puts me into a state of nostalgic and intense reflection of a sweater time gone by. It almost make the last 28 years, of techno-theocratic nastiness, fade to black and I realize my own negligent waste of them. (When I first saw this I was an atheist resident in a Catholic University college.)

[BIONICLE113]

02:21 tHE 4TH GUY BEHIND IS MY DAD!!!!!!!!!

[Cruciferus]

Thanks!

[KurtSteiner]

Wonderful!

[skylur44]

Undoubtedly the finest series ever to grace TV. Incomparable and true to the entire book. Perfect.

[menzhi]

has anyone uploaded the new version of the brideshead revisited? This original version is yes, masterpiece. But its like watching serious charlie chaplin drama in the quiet movie era... sorry guys...

[riseuplight]

and for Christ's sake, don't say "righty-o."

[riseuplight]

thank you!!!

[Wisterialodge]

thanks to donal (foley) for his fine selections from tvs finest moments

[D0nalF0ley]

@Wisterialodge You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed this masterpiece!

[chiccabay]

@D0nalF0ley .Thank you SO much for this.My all time favourite.Best regards..:)

[DrZenith]

@Wisterialodge: (I like your chosen monniker; is it a reference to the Sherlock Holmes story?) and like you, I would like to thank donalfoley for posting this truly great TV series.

[Wisterialodge]

@DrZenith Thanks for letter. Yes its from Holmes, but my wife thought I picked it up from Desperate Housewives, I did not know what she was talking about

Regards

[ybot1983]

buy the dvd you pikeys, this jewel of television wasnt financed by social services

[BurkeanConservatism]

Of course I just bought this on Amazon Unboxed before I found out you had it here for free. lol Thanks for posting

[JennyYaaay]

I watched this several months ago and felt the urge to rewatch it. Thank you!

[semeerah3enco]

Thank u very Much!! Absolutely splendid! Jeremy Irons is superb!!

[Bnesque]

Thank you very much!

I've been searching for this so long. And Jeremy Irons is more than perfect!!!

[dasar750]

I have loved this since the day it was released.......

[Tallyhofox]

Now you see, I quite fancied Richard Hope who portrays Lieutenant Hooper!

[holmsatlarge]

@Tallyhofox Your name suggests you hunt.If so,perhaps you can enlighten us as to why the red coats are refered to as "pink"?I had been told a story by a teacher that it had to do with being "bloodied".

[Mllelaurel]

@holmsatlarge

I believe it's because the jackets were originally made by Thomas Pink, a high-end tailor in 18th century London. So, they came to be called "pinks".

[holmsatlarge]

@Mllelaurel thank you for the info-it`s one of those little subtleties that add to the appreciation-for instance the changing of Charles` Van Gogh to a Gauguin in his rooms.

[DrZenith]

@Mllelaurel Thanks for the information about why those coats are called 'pinks'. I've often wondered about that, and now you've enlightened me!

[RepCom1140]

I have just read the book and am looking forward to this.

Thank you for uploading.

[pxr52003]

thankyou

[laurab1956]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have the whole series on video, but no video player these days..........To know that I can now watch it all again.

[JennyYaaay]

Awesome. Thank you! I've heard that this one does so much more justice to the book than the recent movie.

[AbecedariusRex]

no comparison. no comparison at all.

[Jacobitess]

@JennyYaaay

More like the recent version was an absolute rape of the book both according to the spirit and the letter. There's no comparison.

[lizclegg]

@JennyYaaay  Actually the TV series actually manages to take a mediocre novel and turn it into something astounding

[BelatedCommiseration]

@lizclegg You don't know what your talking about. There's a reason why they made it into a series, and thats because Evelyn Waughs prose narrative and exploration of a theme are masterly. There are some snobbish aspects of Waugh which are not laudable, and I agree with his own assessment that there are too many gluttonous references to food in the novel because of rationing. But the pensive exploration of melancholy in the novel is unsurpassed. No intelligent reader could think otherwise.

[marysueeasteregg]

@lizclegg

You''re welcome to think it overrated, but the book is on at least four

different lists, including Time and Modern Library, of the greatest English language novels of the 20th century. Even hanging around 80th,

that's not shabby.

[DrZenith]

@lizclegg You're entitled not to like the book; but Bridehead can't be labelled 'mediocre'; leaving aside the story line, Waugh's use of language is superbly controlled and his depiction of character masterly.

[QOTSAgerbils]

Jeremy Irons' lugubrious tones mould my brain, ready for the story ahead. His narration is superb throughout. I can't understand how he manages to make me feel instantly sympathetic without making the character seem piteous (fantastic writing, of course, but his performance is captivating).

[LitCrit101]

Yes! I have an old cassette tape of him reading 'The French Lieutenant's Woman' and the way he speaks... It's almost like he's making love to the words, or tasting them, savoring them. Sometimes I just listen to it for the pleasure of hearing him read. Imagine being able to sit around after dinner and listen to him read a novel, the way Lady Marchmain sometimes reads to the family in the film. Mmm... pure pleasure.

[hbanana7]

@LitCrit101 who is this "he" you speak of? I am searching for audiobooks myself.

[ericnfan]

@QOTSAgerbils I remember seeing this awhile back and I instantly felt sympathetic towards him as well. he does have a lovely voice but to me you feel for him because of the eccentric people he ends up being around. you kind of wonder how a seemly normal person could handle themselves in that situation and thus relate. he seems to be the voice of the audience in that way.

[D0nalF0ley]

Am delighted that so many people are getting to savour the delights of this masterpiece.

I'll upload some more Brideshead goodies soon.

P.S. It's a Granada TV production, Not a BBC series ;)

[saraconde]

THANKS for all the work uploading this.

[scudder99]

@D0nalF0ley

Thanks for uploading. I'm creating a playlist for this.

[grainofsandfan]

The military would never have grass. Never. It's a cardinal rule to never have grass or flowers or good food.

[ondinegb]

Thanks very very much for uploading this great BBC series. Watched it for the first time about 20 years ago when I was still a teenager. Since then, I can't forget it. Thanks again.

[iloveyoujohnnyweir]

Thank you thank you thank you!

[rebeccalambertkent]

WOW! Thank you so much for all the time and effort you put into uploading this. You are amazing!

[geryanne89]

Omg, thaaaank you! I love this story! :D <3

[xFruitDragonx]

Omg I love this book and this movie so much!!! Thank you!!

[gooldude3]

thanks SO SO SO SO SO much!!

[mirika888]

I can´t thank you enough for this and I will spend my saturday revisiting brideshead

[MusashiTamura]

Thank you for uploading this!

This is my favorite.

Such great acting!

[D0nalF0ley]

Thanks for your comments.

All 11 episodes are now up for you to enjoy :)

[WAYSMEANS]

Jeremy Irons gives a bravura performance.  I can't believe they tried to re-make this (or 'The Great Gatsby' for that matter). Some things are so well done that there can be nothing added upon re-make.

[ericnfan]

@WAYSMEANS I thought the remake was alright. I mean matthew goode even looks like a young jeremy irons. I heard him say something to the affect that he and jeremy irons also similar in their awful voices and that kind of tckd me off. I like jeremy irons voice. there is nothing wrong with it.

[WAYSMEANS]

All-star cast. Unsurpassed acting.

[DarklingDove]

I cannot tell you how happy I am that these are being put up. Thank you SO MUCH.

[D0nalF0ley]

All of episode 1 is now up. Will get episode 2 up in the next few days. Enjoy!!

[D0nalF0ley]

Hi, thanks for your comments. I'll be posting more of the first episode over the next few days and then the remaining episodes over the next few weeks.

[nadmeck01]

Ive been waiting for someone to post the first episode. i Hope you'll be uploading the rest!

thanks so much!