Brideshead Revisited (1981)

10/12/1981 (GB) • 1h

Drama

I should like to bury something precious every place where I’ve been happy...

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Jeremy Irons

Charles Ryder

11 Episodes

Anthony Andrews

Lord Sebastian Flyte

11 Episodes

Diana Quick

Lady Julia Flyte

11 Episodes

Claire Bloom

Teresa Flyte, Lady Marchmain

11 Episodes

Phoebe Nicholls

Lady Cordelia Flyte

11 Episodes

Simon Jones

'Bridey', Lord Brideshead

11 Episodes

John Gielgud

Edward 'Ned' Ryder

11 Episodes

Laurence Olivier

Alexander Flyte, Lord Marchmain

11 Episodes

Stéphane Audran

Cara

11 Episodes


Last Season

Miniseries

1981 | 11 Episodes

Season 1 of Brideshead Revisited premiered on October 12, 1981.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Miniseries

Original Language

English

Keywords

paris, france

venice, italy

england

world war ii

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british empire

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religious conversion

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husband wife estrangement

marital separation

catholic guilt

englishman abroad

oxford university

1920s

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