I'm watching Brideshead Revisited on DVD--ask me anything!

[joeybee12]

Anything at all!

[rusty charly]

1. who played the nanny?

n/t

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Mona Washburne

n/t

[joeybee12]

5. The nanny was played by Mona Washburn, the same woman who played

Henry Higgins housekeeper in My Fair Lady!

[rusty charly]

10. it's

DAME mona washbourne, to you!

[Deja Q]

2. What will you be watching after that?

:D

[joeybee12]

6. Hard to say--it's 11 hours--will take a few evenings!

[Girlfriday]

3. Oh I LOVED Brideshead.....

....I read it twice and the PBS version was awesome. What a great cast. I imagine Evelyn Waugh could not have cast it any better himself.

[joeybee12]

7. I just re-read the book also....

....it really is a great cast. John Gielgud really captured the father.

[soleft]

8. What's the score?

Who's at short?

[joeybee12]

9. No score, no errors, no hits

[Lydia Leftcoast]

11. Was Jeremy Irons in it, and

did he look gorgeous then instead of kind of wasted, as he does now?

[joeybee12]

18. It was Jeremy Irons, and he was very skinny, but not wasted looking

Very white, though, as all the Brits are.

Although, it's clear from this point that he's the world's greatest actor (or pretty damn close) because he's totally believable as a boy of 19, and then as a man of 39.

[FlashHarry]

12. The best mini-series EVER

I've got the DVDs, too. The late John Gielgud as Ryder's father was absolutely hilarious.


If you haven't already, do yourself a favor and read the book.

[bif]

13. Didn't know it was on DVD

Is that one of the best BBC series or what? I love that! When did it come out on DVD? How much was is?

[FlashHarry]

14. You can get it for under $50

http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/dvd.cfm?itemid=ATL005629&promotion=y

[bif]

15. thanks!

Have you ever seen "The Darling Buds of May"? It's another one of my favorite Brit series.

[joeybee12]

19. Saw it last Christmas on DVD--finally bought it Wednesday

Used a gift card from Christmas, so technically it was free for me!

[greatauntoftriplets]

16. I've been to Castle Howard that subbed for Brideshead.

What a beautiful house.

[bif]

17. I've been there too!

What a beautiful place. I just ran out of the matches I bought from there!

[joeybee12]

20. It looks incredible--did you know the family still lives there?

The Howard family that is.

Got any photos to post?

[bif]

23. Try this

http://images.google.com/
Lot's of pics of Castle Howard

[joeybee12]

24. Thanks--think I'll buy it as a summer house

Can't figure out where to put the servants, though!

[FlashHarry]

21. Anyone ever read the "Sword of Honour" trilogy?

I just finished re-reading it. I loved it, of course. I wish they'd do a TV version, though. My dad said they did do one in the late 60s on British TV, with Edward Woodward as Guy Crouchback and Ronnie Fraser as Apthorpe. I would've loved to have seen it...

[joeybee12]

22. Was that a package of Waugh's books, including The End of the Battle?

Which I just took out from the library?

If it was on BBC, you might want to check their website, they seem to be releasing everything onto video that they ever produced!