Befriended by aristocrat Sebastian Flyte, Oxford student Charles Ryder finds that the power and privilege experienced by the family is seductive. On a visit to the ancestral home, Brideshead, he falls in love with his friend's sister, Julia. However, as his ties to the Flytes deepen, Ryder finds himself at odds with their strong Roman Catholicism.
Revisiting brideshead
Brideshead remembered
Outtakes
Audio commentary | cast - episode 1: et in arcadia ego
Audio commentary | derek granger - episode 1: et in arcadia ego
Audio commentary | derek granger & anthony andrews - episode 4: sebastian against the world
Audio commentary | charles sturridge - episode 11: brideshead revisited
Et in arcadia ego
Home and abroad
The bleak light of day
Sebastian against the world
A blow upon a bruise
Julia
The unseen hook
Brideshead deserted
Orphans of the storm
A twitch upon the thread
Brideshead revisited
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