Brideshead Revisited Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Season 1 Episode 12: Conclusion: Brideshead Revisited

  Lord Marchmain (Laurence Olivier) receives the sacrament at his deathbed; Julia ends her relationship with Charles (Jeremy Irons).

• Season 1 Episode 11: Brideshead Revisited

  Lord Marchmain returns to Brideshead with his mistress Cara, who tells everyone he has come home to die. A family feud breaks out about the fate of his soul, and Julie summons a priest in the hopes of reconciling the old man with the Church

• Season 1 Episode 10: A Twitch Upon a Thread

  Bridey (Simon Jones) rebukes Julia for adultery; Cordelia brings news of Sebastian (Anthony Andrews) living in a monastery.

• Season 1 Episode 9: Orphans of the Storm

  The sea may be calm but passions are running high for Charles and Julia, who are unexpectedly reunited while travelling across the Atlantic. The penultimate episode of the classic saga, starring Jeremy Irons, Jane Asher and Diana Quick

• Season 1 Episode 8: Brideshead Deserted

  Bridey plans to demolish Marchmain House, and commissions Charles to paint some last pictures of its interior to keep as mementos

• Season 1 Episode 7: The Unseen Hook

  Charles undertakes to find Sebastian with the news that Lady Marchmain is dying. Arriving in Morocco, he finds the black sheep of the family languishing in a hospital bed, suffering the long-term effects of alcohol abuse. Drama, starring Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews

• Season 1 Episode 6: Julia

  Charles resumes his life in Paris, where he hears that Sebastian's family have fallen on hard times and Lady Marchmain has become very ill. Julia's engagement meets with disapproval and Lord Brideshead has another bombshell in store for the family

• Season 1 Episode 5: A Blow Upon a Bruise

  Lady Marchmain bans alcohol from the house, but Sebastian is undeterred by her firm views and sneaks off to the local pub - only to vanish, filling Charles with foreboding

• Season 1 Episode 4: Sebastian Against the World

  Sebastian escapes the ancestral home, leaving his immediate family concerned for his welfare and prompting Lady Marchmain to beg Charles to help stop her son's downward spiral

• Season 1 Episode 3: The Bleak Light of Day

  Back in Oxford, Sebastian finds he is no longer able to pretend his drink problem does not exist and Charles decides it is high time he moved on. Award-winning adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's classic novel, starring Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews

• Season 1 Episode 2: Home and Abroad

  Charles and Sebastian visit Venice to call on Lord Marchmain, who is living in exile with his mistress. Second part of the award-winning adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's classic novel, starring Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Laurence Olivier and Stephane Audran

• Season 1 Episode 1: Et in Arcadia Ego

  Award-winning adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's classic period novel, starring Jeremy Irons as a painter and disillusioned Army captain prompted into reverie by the sight of the stately home where he spent the formative days of his youth with his Oxford chum Sebastian (Anthony Andrews). Also starring Diana Quick, Jane Asher, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud and Claire Bloom