Kurzbeschreibung
This title includes the stories: "Decline and Fall" (2CDs); "Brideshead Revisited" (2CDs); and "The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold" (4CDs)."Decline and Fall" (2CDs) - read by Rik Mayall - a chaotic story of a schoolteacher who runs into a series of mishaps and misfits as he tries to maintain some kind of sanity! Sporting a range of delectable characters including the enigmatic and charismatic Margot Betse-Chetwynde, the drama can only ever end in utter confusion and hilarity! "Brideshead Revisited" (2CDs) - read by Nigel Havers - During World War II Charles Ryder reflects on his time at Oxford and a society now changed. Remembering his time spent at Brideshead with his old friend Sebastian Flyte and his family with a mixture of fondness and sadness, he questions ideas of faith and happiness in a complicated world. "The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold" (4CDs) - read by Michael Cochrane - is a stunning semi-autobiographical study of a man almost at his wit's-end, who decides to take a cruise to the tropics to cure his malaise. Unfortunately, the captive atmosphere of a ship may not be the best medicine, and things start to take a turn for the worse...
Synopsis
This title includes the stories: "Decline and Fall" (2CDs); "Brideshead Revisited" (2CDs); and "The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold" (4CDs)."Decline and Fall" (2CDs) - read by Rik Mayall - a chaotic story of a schoolteacher who runs into a series of mishaps and misfits as he tries to maintain some kind of sanity! Sporting a range of delectable characters including the enigmatic and charismatic Margot Betse-Chetwynde, the drama can only ever end in utter confusion and hilarity! "Brideshead Revisited" (2CDs) - read by Nigel Havers - During World War II Charles Ryder reflects on his time at Oxford and a society now changed. Remembering his time spent at Brideshead with his old friend Sebastian Flyte and his family with a mixture of fondness and sadness, he questions ideas of faith and happiness in a complicated world. "The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold" (4CDs) - read by Michael Cochrane - is a stunning semi-autobiographical study of a man almost at his wit's-end, who decides to take a cruise to the tropics to cure his malaise. Unfortunately, the captive atmosphere of a ship may not be the best medicine, and things start to take a turn for the worse...
