Brideshead Revisited

1981 - 1981

Et in Arcadia Ego

12th October 1981

Episode 1

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

20th October 1981

Episode 2

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

27th October 1981

Episode 3

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

3rd November 1981

Episode 4

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.

A Blow Upon a Bruise

10th November 1981

Episode 5

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

17th November 1981

Episode 6

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

24th November 1981

Episode 7

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

1st December 1981

Episode 8

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

8th December 1981

Episode 9

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

A Twitch Upon the Thread

15th December 1981

Episode 10

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

22nd December 1981

Episode 11

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

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Jeremy Irons•Diana Quick

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.

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Lady Julia Flyte

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Geoffrey Burgon

Original Music Composer

Ray Goode

Director of Photography

Samuel Paul

Producer

Robert B. Kotlowitz

Executive Producer

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Jac Venza

Executive Producer

Derek Granger

Producer

Evelyn Waugh

Novel

Anthony Ham

Editor

Peter Phillips

Production Design

Jane Robinson

Costume Design

Sue Milton

Makeup Artist

Ruth Quinn

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Deborah Tinsey

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Doreen Jones

Casting

Phil Smith

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