Name: Brideshead Revisited
Released: 1981-01-01

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Season

Et in Arcadia Ego

1981-10-12

In the spring of 1943, disillusioned Army captain Charles Ryder stumbles upon Brideshead, once home to the Marchmain family, and recalls how he visited it for the first time twenty years ago.

Home and Abroad

1981-10-20

While Sebastian recovers from a broken foot, Charles is introduced to Sebastian's younger sister Cordelia and his older brother Brideshead "Bridey". Sebastian decides to accept an invitation to Venice by his father, Lord Marchmain, and takes Charles with him.

The Bleak Light of Day

1981-10-27

As Charles gets closer to Sebastian's family, he and Sebastian begin growing apart. Lady Marchmain visits the university and implores Charles to be a good influence on her rowdy son.

Sebastian Against the World

1981-11-03

Sebastian's alcoholism, depression, and misbehaviour become more and more of a problem. At an unhappy Easter at Brideshead, Charles tries to reason with him and is left devastated.

Ep 5

A Blow Upon a Bruise

1981-11-10

Charles returns from Paris to spend New Year 1925 at Brideshead and finds the family keeping Sebastian penniless to prevent him from spending on alcohol.

Julia

1981-11-17

Rex Mottram is determined to marry Julia, a prospect which a fatally ill Lady Marchmain is reluctant about. Charles learns that Sebastian stole money and disappeared.

The Unseen Hook

1981-11-24

With Lady Marchmain very near to death, Charles searches French Morocco for Sebastian. He finds him, and is shocked by the state he is in.

Brideshead Deserted

1981-12-01

Bridey commissions Charles to paint some parts of the family's London residence before it is demolished. He meets Cordelia again, and she expresses her unhappiness with the current state of her family.

Orphans of the Storm

1981-12-08

Charles and Julia meet on a transatlantic liner and begin an affair, to the dismay of Rex and Celia.

A Twitch Upon the Thread

1981-12-15

Bridey rebukes Julia for having affair with Charles while being married to someone else, stirring up intense emotions in her. Cordelia brings distressing news of Sebastian.

Brideshead Revisited

1981-12-22

In 1939, the terminally ill Lord Marchmain decides to return to Brideshead, and his children begin preparing for his death.

Synopsis

Agnostic Charles Ryder is seduced by the allure of the Flytes, a wealthy aristocratic family. Although he finds himself at odds with their strong Catholicism, his ties to the family deepen for the decades between the two world wars.

Cast

Jeremy Irons

Charles Ryder

Diana Quick

Lady Julia Flyte

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