Brideshead Revisited 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 2003, the novel was listed at number 45 on the BBC survey The Big Read. In 2005, it was chosen by "Time" magazine as one of the one hundred best English-language novels from 1923 to the present. In 2009, "Newsweek" magazine listed it as one of the 100 best books of world literature. In 1981 "Brideshead Revisited" was adapted as an 11-episode TV serial, produced by Granada Television and aired on ITV, starring Jeremy Irons as Charles Ryder and Anthony Andrews as Lord Sebastian Flyte. The bulk of the serial was
Sebastian Armesto adapting "Les Enfants du Paradis" to great acclaim. Most recently, he co-wrote and directed a play based on William Hogarth's "The Four Stages of Cruelty" and new versions of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Moby-Dick. Sebastian Armesto Sebastian Felipe Xavier Fernández-Garcia Armesto (born 3 June 1982) is a British film, television and theatre actor. He is the son of the historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto. He was educated at Eton College. Armesto played Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in the series "The Tudors". He starred in the 2008 ITV drama series "The Palace" as the King's carefree younger brother Prince George.