
10/12/1981 (GB) • 1h
Overview
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 the two world wars.
1981 | 11 Episodes
Charles Ryder, an agnostic man, becomes involved with the Flytes, a Catholic family of aristocrats, over the course of several between the two world wars.
Status
Ended
Type
Miniseries
Original Language
English
Keywords
paris, france
venice, italy
england
based on novel or book
world war ii
fountain
artist
british empire
friendship
love
romance
religious conversion
miniseries
in the closet
mistress
university
love affair
period drama
alcohol abuse
catholic
alcoholic
expatriate
domineering mother
labor strike
catholicism
husband wife estrangement
marital separation
catholic guilt
englishman abroad
oxford university
1920s
1940s
aristocracy
ancestral home
1930s
alcoholic son
aristocrats
social scandal
society party
closeted homosexual
family friend
british painter
general strike
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