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
Eddie Ryder go on in the 1950s to appear in several TV series, many as an uncredited actor, and top films. The 1960s brought several credited appearances in major TV and film. For Ryder, the 1970s kept him in television as a secondary actor and mostly making single appearances. During the 1980s, Ryder appeared in 3 television series and 1 film: "The Dukes of Hazzard", "Hill Street Blues", and "General Hospital." In 1986, Ryder appeared in the comedy "A Masterpiece of Murder" with Bob Hope and Don Ameche. Eddie Ryder Eddie Ryder (January 23, 1923 – March 29, 1997) was an American