Coincidentally, both actors appear in what in my opinion are the two greatest mini-series ever, Brideshead Revisited and Pride and Prejudice - mastepieces that make the recent movies look sadly redundant (though the latter fares much better than the former, while both suffer from the savage...
Amen! He's such a brilliant writer that I often wondered what he does for a living. Didn't want to put him on the spot in a PM in case he has relatives in Corleone and would rather not say. Relieved to find out today - from a post of his on 'the day the movies died' thread - that he's a lawyer...