Brideshead Revisited (1981)
I should like to bury something precious every place where I’ve been happy...
Charles Ryder, an agnostic man, becomes involved with members of the Flytes, a Catholic family of aristocrats, over the course of several years between the two world wars.
Brideshead Revisited: Season 1 - 11 Episode s
1x1 - Et in Arcadia Ego
October 12, 1981
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.
1x2 - Home and Abroad
October 20, 1981
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.
1x3 - The Bleak Light of Day
October 27, 1981
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.
1x4 - Sebastian Against the World
November 3, 1981
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.
1x5 - A Blow Upon a Bruise
November 10, 1981
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.
1x6 - Julia
November 17, 1981
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.
1x7 - The Unseen Hook
November 24, 1981
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.
1x8 - Brideshead Deserted
December 1, 1981
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.
1x9 - Orphans of the Storm
December 8, 1981
Charles and Julia meet on a transatlantic liner and begin an affair, to the dismay of Rex and Celia.
1x10 - A Twitch Upon the Thread
December 15, 1981
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.
1x11 - Brideshead Revisited
December 22, 1981
In 1939, the terminally ill Lord Marchmain decides to return to Brideshead, and his children begin preparing for his death.
Brideshead Revisited: 2 Season s
Actors in Brideshead Revisited
Jeremy Irons
Charles Ryder
Anthony Andrews
Lord Sebastian Flyte
Diana Quick
Lady Julia Flyte
Claire Bloom
Teresa Flyte, Lady Marchmain
Phoebe Nicholls
Lady Cordelia Flyte
Simon Jones
'Bridey', Lord Brideshead
John Gielgud
Edward 'Ned' Ryder
Laurence Olivier
Alexander Flyte, Lord Marchmain
Stéphane Audran
Cara
Jane Asher
Celia Ryder
Charles Keating
Rex Mottram
Jeremy Sinden
'Boy', Viscount Mulcaster
Mona Washbourne
Nanny Hawkins
Nickolas Grace
Anthony Blanche
Jenny Runacre
Brenda Champion
Robin Sachs
Etonian
Michael Bilton
Hayter
John Grillo
Mr. Samgrass
Ralph Nossek
Plender
Ronald Fraser
Red-Haired Man
John Nettleton
Commanding Officer
Kenneth Cranham
Sergeant Block
Joseph Brady
Chief Purser
Gary Waldhorn
Major Wilson
John Le Mesurier
Father Mowbray
Brian Oulton
Man from the Tate
Andy Rashleigh
Policeman
Niall Tóibín
Father Mackay
Anna Quayle
Nancy Tallboys
Bill Owen
Lunt
Maggie Steed
Diplomat's Wife
Paul Clayton
Tom
Michael Gough
Doctor Grant
Stephen Moore
Jasper
Maria Charles
Ma Mayfield
Stephen Mallatratt
Medical Officer
Robert Urquhart
Quartering Commandant
Sally Bazely
Grizel
Geoffrey Chater
Consul
Nicholas Le Prevost
Doctor
Graham Seed
Jorkins
Simon Chandler
Lieutenant James
Roger Milner
Wilcox
Richard Hope
Lieutenant Hooper
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