Which North Yorkshire stately home was used in the making of the Granada TV serial 'Brideshead Revisited'?
Brideshead Revisited (TV serial) (1981), stipulated he would remain with "Brideshead" under condition he would be allowed time off to film "French Lieutenant" if he were cast. Rather than scrap the considerable completed footage in which the actor appeared, Granger agreed. The break in filming was fortunate in that Castle Howard and Laurence Olivier, both previously unavailable, could now be used in the serial. Sturridge and Granger agreed the six-hour script eliminated enough detail of Waugh's story that its potency was compromised, and they set about expanding it to seven two-hour episodes. The decision was also made to have the protagonist Charles Ryder narrate
Brideshead Revisited (TV serial) Brideshead Revisited (TV serial) Brideshead Revisited is a 1981 British television serial starring Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews. It was produced by Granada Television for broadcast by the ITV network. Most of the serial was directed by Charles Sturridge; a few sequences were directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. The serial is an adaptation of the novel "Brideshead Revisited" (1945) by Evelyn Waugh. It follows, from the 1920s to the early 1940s, the life and romances of the protagonist Charles Ryder—including his friendship with the Flytes, a family of wealthy English Catholics who live in a palatial mansion called Brideshead Castle. The