Silver Spring, MD — Winner of 17 international awards and launching the career of Jeremy Irons, the iconic series returns in a stunning Blu-ray debut and DVD edition featuring exclusive new extras. Brideshead Revisited: 30th Anniversary Edition will be released on November 1, 2011 from Acorn Media. Starring Academy® and Emmy® Award winning actor Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diane Quick, Sir John Gielgud, Claire Bloom, and Sir Laurence Olivier in an Emmy®-winning role, these 30th anniversary editions feature an all-new transfer from an HD source and are packed with special features, including a Revisiting Brideshead documentary, four commentaries, new photo galleries, outtakes, viewer’s guide, and more (Blu-ray $69.99 / DVD $59.99, 11 Episodes, www.AcornOnline.com).

Based on the timeless novel by Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited took a staggering two years to make and is the equivalent of seven feature films back-to-back. Waugh tells a poignant story of romantic yearning and loss set in the world of British aristocracy. The story is told in flashbacks as Irons, an officer in the British Army, is stationed with his company at a remote country home that turns out to be Brideshead, a home in which he spent much of his younger years. The stationing triggers a multitude of memories of his youth and young manhood, his loves, life, and his journey of faith and anguish.

Airing on PBS Great Performances in 1982, the visually ravishing production won 17 international awards, including seven BAFTA awards including Best Actor and Best Drama Series; an Emmy® for Outstanding Supporting Actor for Laurence Olivier; and Golden Globe for Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for TV. In 2000, the series placed tenth on the British Film Institute’s 100 Greatest British Television Programmes. Brideshead Revisited also finished seventh in a Best of Masterpiece Theatre vote, despite not even airing on Masterpiece Theatre.

NOW WITH EVEN MORE BONUS FEATURES!

• Revisiting Brideshead, a 2006 documentary including retrospective interviews with Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick, director Charles Sturridge, and many more (48 min.); Two episode commentaries featuring stars Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick, and others; Photo gallery; Outtakes (10 min.); and 20-page viewer’s guide
• NEW TO THIS EDITION: Brideshead Remembered audio commentary by director Michael Lindsay-Hogg (40 min. during photo gallery of 60 images); Two episode commentaries ( Ep. 1 with producer Derek Granger, Ep. 11 with director Charles Sturridge); New photo galleries for each disc; and original companion guide available for download
Street: November 1, 2011
SRP: $59.99 (DVD), $69.99 (Blu-ray)
DVD 4-Disc Set: 11 episodes on 4 discs - approx. 659 min., plus bonus - SDH subtitles
Blu-ray 3-Disc Set: 11 episodes on 3 discs - approx. 691 min., plus bonus - 1080i (some bonus 480p)/4:3 full screen (some bonus 16:9 widescreen) - 2.0 Dolby Digital (except some bonus) - SDH subtitles
NOTE: Though the running time is different between formats, the actual content is identical.

Headquartered in suburban Washington, D.C., Acorn Media U.S. distributes distinctive home video releases to the North American market with a special focus on the best of British TV. 2011 releases include Upstairs, Downstairs: 40th Anniversary Edition and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; U.S. debuts of must-see new series Garrow’s Law and Vera; and more episodes from New Tricks, Doc Martin, Agatha Christie’s Poirot and Marple, George Gently, Murdoch Mysteries. Acorn’s DVD sets are available from select retailers, catalog companies, and direct from Acorn Media at (888) 870-8047 or www.acornonline.com.
Press Contact (screeners, box art/stills and interviews):
Chad Campbell, Acorn Media, 301.608.2115 ext. 138, ccampbell@acornmedia.com