Brideshead Revisited (1981)

Name: Brideshead Revisited
Rating: 7.8

Rating: 7.8

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.

First Air Date: 1981-10-12

Last Air Date: 1981-12-22

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 11

Created By: Derek Granger

Networks: ITV1

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Top 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

Seasons

None (1981)

Charles Ryder, an agnostic man, becomes involved with the Flytes, a Catholic family of aristocrats, over the course of several between the two world wars.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: 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.
Ep. 2: 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.
Ep. 3: 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.
Ep. 4: 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.
Ep. 6: 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.
Ep. 7: 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.
Ep. 8: 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.
Ep. 9: 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.
Ep. 10: 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.
Ep. 11: 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.