Brideshead Revisited A faithful and well-received television adaptation of the novel was produced in an 11-part miniseries by Granada Television in 1981. The novel is divided into three parts, framed by a prologue and epilogue. The prologue takes place during the final years of the Second World War. Charles Ryder and his battalion are sent to a country estate called Brideshead, which prompts his recollections which form the rest of the story. In 1923, protagonist and narrator Charles Ryder, an undergraduate studying history at a college very like Hertford College, Oxford, is befriended by Lord Sebastian Flyte, the younger son of the
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.