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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

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Season 1

8.2/10308 votes
Et in Arcadia Ego
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/12/1981
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.
Director: Charles Sturridge, Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Writer: John Mortimer
8.3/10245 votes
Home and Abroad
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/20/1981
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.
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge
Writer: John Mortimer
8.2/10221 votes
The Bleak Light of Day
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/1981
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: John Mortimer
8.3/10208 votes
Sebastian Against the World
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/3/1981
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.
Director: Charles Sturridge, Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Writer: John Mortimer
8.3/10209 votes
A Blow Upon a Bruise
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/10/1981
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: John Mortimer
8.1/10201 votes
Julia
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/17/1981
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.
Director: Charles Sturridge, Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Writer: John Mortimer
8.2/10206 votes
The Unseen Hook
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/24/1981
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.
Director: Charles Sturridge, Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Writer: John Mortimer
8.0/10198 votes
Brideshead Deserted
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/1/1981
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: John Mortimer
8.1/10193 votes
Orphans of the Storm
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/1981
Charles and Julia meet on a transatlantic liner and begin an affair, to the dismay of Rex and Celia.
Director: Charles Sturridge, Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Writer: John Mortimer
8.1/10194 votes
A Twitch Upon the Thread
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/1981
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: John Mortimer
8.4/10219 votes
Brideshead Revisited
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/22/1981
In 1939, the terminally ill Lord Marchmain decides to return to Brideshead, and his children begin preparing for his death.
Director: Charles Sturridge, Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Writer: John Mortimer