Derek Granger
Director
Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Miniseries
Befriended by aristocrat Sebastian Flyte, Oxford student Charles Ryder finds that the power and privilege experienced by the family is seductive. On a visit to the ancestral home, Brideshead, he falls in love with his friend's sister, Julia. However, as his ties to the Flytes deepen, Ryder finds himself at odds with their strong Roman Catholicism.
Released Oct. 12, 1981
Episode 60 min
None+
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Production Companies: Granada Television
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English,
Italian,
Latin
8.0
S1E1 - 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.
Oct. 12, 1981, midnight
8.0
S1E2 - 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.
Oct. 20, 1981, midnight
S1E3 - 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.
Oct. 27, 1981, midnight
8.0
S1E4 - 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.
Nov. 3, 1981, midnight
S1E5 - 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.
Nov. 10, 1981, midnight
S1E6 - 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.
Nov. 17, 1981, midnight
9.0
S1E7 - 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.
Nov. 24, 1981, midnight
S1E8 - 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.
Dec. 1, 1981, midnight
S1E9 - Orphans of the Storm
Charles and Julia meet on a transatlantic liner and begin an affair, to the dismay of Rex and Celia.
Dec. 8, 1981, midnight
S1E10 - 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.
Dec. 15, 1981, midnight
S1E11 - Brideshead Revisited
In 1939, the terminally ill Lord Marchmain decides to return to Brideshead, and his children begin preparing for his death.
Dec. 22, 1981, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 660 min.
Released: Oct. 12, 1981
Last Air Date: Dec. 22, 1981, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: 15
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