October 12, 1981 • 1h 40m
In the spring of 1943, disillusioned Army captain Charles Ryder stumbles upon Brideshead, once home to the Marchmain family, and r...Read more
October 20, 1981 • 53m
While Sebastian recovers from a broken foot, Charles is introduced to Sebastian's younger sister Cordelia and his older brother Br...Read more
October 27, 1981 • 53m
As Charles gets closer to Sebastian's family, he and Sebastian begin growing apart. Lady Marchmain visits the university and implo...Read more
November 3, 1981 • 53m
Sebastian's alcoholism, depression, and misbehaviour become more and more of a problem. At an unhappy Easter at Brideshead, Charle...Read more
November 10, 1981 • 51m
Charles returns from Paris to spend New Year 1925 at Brideshead and finds the family keeping Sebastian penniless to prevent him fr...Read more
November 17, 1981 • 51m
Rex Mottram is determined to marry Julia, a prospect which a fatally ill Lady Marchmain is reluctant about. Charles learns that Se...Read more
November 24, 1981 • 51m
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.
December 1, 1981 • 52m
Bridey commissions Charles to paint some parts of the family's London residence before it is demolished. He meets Cordelia again, ...Read more
December 8, 1981 • 53m
Charles and Julia meet on a transatlantic liner and begin an affair, to the dismay of Rex and Celia.
December 15, 1981 • 52m
Bridey rebukes Julia for having affair with Charles while being married to someone else, stirring up intense emotions in her. Cord...Read more
December 22, 1981 • 1h 30m
In 1939, the terminally ill Lord Marchmain decides to return to Brideshead, and his children begin preparing for his death.