TV series
Brideshead Revisited
Overview
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.
Details
- First air date
- 1981-10-12
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 11 episodes
- Genres
- Drama
- Network
- ITV1
- Production
- Granada Television
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jeremy Irons as Charles Ryder
- Diana Quick as Lady Julia Flyte
- Roger Milner as Wilcox
- Phoebe Nicholls as Cordelia Flyte
- Simon Jones as Earl of Brideshead
- Charles Keating as Rex Mottram
- Anthony Andrews as Sebastian Flyte
- John Gielgud as Edward 'Ned' Ryder
- Claire Bloom as Teresa Flyte
- Mona Washbourne as Nanny Hawkins
- Jeremy Sinden as Viscount 'Boy' Mulcaster
- Nickolas Grace as Anthony Blanche
Creators and crew
- Derek Granger - Creator
- Jac Venza - Executive Producer
- Robert B. Kotlowitz - Executive Producer
- Derek Granger - Producer
- Samuel Paul - Producer
- Charles Sturridge - Director
Episodes
Episode 1: Et in Arcadia Ego
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.
Episode 2: Home and Abroad
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.
Episode 3: The Bleak Light of Day
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.
Episode 4: Sebastian Against the World
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.
Episode 5: A Blow Upon a Bruise
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.
Episode 6: Julia
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.
Episode 7: The Unseen Hook
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.
Episode 8: Brideshead Deserted
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.
Episode 9: Orphans of the Storm
Charles and Julia meet on a transatlantic liner and begin an affair, to the dismay of Rex and Celia.
Episode 10: A Twitch Upon the Thread
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.
Episode 11: Brideshead Revisited
In 1939, the terminally ill Lord Marchmain decides to return to Brideshead, and his children begin preparing for his death.
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