All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring Roger Milner, ranked

Taking place during the 1920s and 1940s, amidst the picturesque setting of Oxford, artist Charles Ryder strikes up a friendship with Sebastian Flyte, a member of a wealthy English aristocratic family. Charles becomes entwined with their family affairs and frequents their grand estate known as Brideshead Castle.

Paul Dombey is the wealthy owner of the shipping company of the book’s title, whose dream is to have a son to continue his business. Dombey’s wife dies shortly after giving birth. Following the advice of Mrs. Louisa Chick, his sister, Dombey employs a wet nurse named Mrs. Richards. Dombey already has a six-year-old daughter Florence, but, bitter at her not having been the desired boy, he neglects her continually.

In the year 1932, Tony and Brenda Last, a charming and devoted couple with a son named John Andrew, seem to lead an idyllic life in their grand Victorian Gothic mansion—a symbol of Tony’s family heritage. However, their tranquil existence is disrupted one weekend when they unwittingly host John Beaver, a frivolous young socialite without means.