The Bleak Light of Day

1Et in Arcadia Ego

100 minOct 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.

2Home and Abroad

53 minOct 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.

3The Bleak Light of Day

53 minOct 27, 1981Now viewing

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.

4Sebastian Against the World

53 minNov 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.

5A Blow Upon a Bruise

51 minNov 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.

6Julia

51 minNov 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.

7The Unseen Hook

51 minNov 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.

8Brideshead Deserted

52 minDec 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.

9Orphans of the Storm

53 minDec 8, 1981

Charles and Julia meet on a transatlantic liner and begin an affair, to the dismay of Rex and Celia.

10A Twitch Upon the Thread

52 minDec 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.

11Brideshead Revisited

90 minDec 22, 1981

In 1939, the terminally ill Lord Marchmain decides to return to Brideshead, and his children begin preparing for his death.