Those with warm memories of the BBC television serial in the 1980s will find much in this Brideshead to enjoy.

Even if the material is familiar, even if it has been done well before, there is room in a great book for a new interpretation.

It's as if Waugh's story has been filtered through the spiritual blindness of young Charles. The movie sees, but it doesn't understand.

Sourced from sixty years old material featuring spats, snoods and Model Ts but its themes of religious fundamentalism, pursuit of individualism and happiness, sexual tolerance and class are as current as anything on screens at your local multi-plex.