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Brideshead Revisited

Author : Evelyn Waugh

Performed By : Full Cast Production

Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 4 hours

Categories : Classic Literature
Classics

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'Here, at the age of thirty nine, I began to be old. '

In 1944 Captain Charles Ryder travels with a company of soldiers to Brideshead. It's a place he's been to before, and one which serves as a potent reminder of the decadent and stylish lifestyle now destroyed by the austerity of the Second World War.

Evelyn Waugh's moving and nostalgic novel revisits a golden age, when Ryder was a student at Oxford in the 1920s and in thrall to the captivating but tragic Sebastian Flyte. As the story unfolds over the next two decades, Ryder traces his friendship with Sebastian and his involvement with the young man's aristocratic Catholic family - in particular Julia, the eldest Flyte daughter.

Ben Miles stars as Charles Ryder with Jamie Bamber as Sebastian in this full-cast dramatisation, which also features Eleanor Bron and Edward Petherbridge.

Written By
Evelyn Waugh

First Broadcast
16 March 2003

NUMBER OF EPISODES
4

Last Broadcast
6 April 2003

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Antietam: The Lost Command

Author : Not Known

Performed By : Full Cast Production

Publisher : Sound Mind Theater

Runtime : 50 minutes

Categories : Dramatizations
American
Pre 1900

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Full-cast adventure tale set against the bloodiest single-day battle in American history. Three escaped Confederate prisoners learn of a plot to ambush Stonewall Jackson and race against time to warn the Rebel forces.

heavy on drama...light on historical facts

Jim from Texas - 01 Mar 2005

I give this one two stars mostly for effort. Since I am a stickler for historical correctness, I have difficulty with an entertainment program that strays too far from the facts of subject. I do give them kudas for making an interesting drama, but if you like your history mixed with facts, try the many history programs available from the Colonial Radio Theatre. They have figured out how to do this really well.