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Charles and Sebastian return to Oxford but feel old and out of place. Sebastian feels that his mother is constantly watching him through her friends. In particular, both young men have to put up with Mr. Samgrass who is obviously reporting on all of their activities. Sebastian is drinking far too much and neither are enjoying themselves as they did during previous terms.

They also get into a bit of trouble when Boy Mulcaster suggests they go to a private nightclub for a bit of fun. Later, they are arrested for drunkenness but for Sebastian, the charge is more serious S1, Ep4. Sebastian's decline continues and there is little anyone seems able to do about it. He is terribly unhappy about his family situation and seems bent on destroying any relationships he may still have left.

Soon he is sent down and Charles subsequently learns that Sebastian and Mr. Samgrass will be departing for a tour of Middle Eastern monasteries. Change comes for Charles himself when he decides not to return to Oxford but rather to pursue perfecting his talents as an artist. He attends an art school in Paris and hears little of Sebastian during these months. S1, Ep5. Charles is invited to Brideshead for Christmas and learns that Mr.

Samgrass and Sebastian will be there as well. Sebastian is as morose as he was before he left, if not more so. The atmosphere as Brideshead is gloomy.

All of the liquor has been locked away and there is a tension among everyone there due to Sebastian's condition.

The more his mother tries to exert control over him, the more Sebastian travels in his downward spiral. Charles remains loyal however and gives Sebastian money knowing that he plans on going to a pub. When Lady Marchmain asks him if he was the S1, Ep6. Charles returns to Paris to continue his art studies and is surprised with a visit from Rex Mottram. It would seem that he and Sebastian had stopped in Paris enroute to a sanatorium in Zurich but Sebastian has stolen his cash and disappeared, much as he did with Mr.

Samgrass during the tour of the Middle East. Charles recounts the tale, learned many years later, of Rex and Julia's relationship. Rex very much wants a big society wedding but only Read all In the winter of , Lord Marchmain decides to return to Brideshead from Venice in view of the deteriorating international situation. It soon becomes apparent that he is in declining health and has in fact come home to die.

He has taken a dislike to Bridey's new wife and sugges He has taken a dislike to Bridey's new wife and suggests he may leave Brideshead Castle to Julia and Charles. Religion - specifically whether Lo Read all. Lieutenant Hooper : Did you say you knew this place before? Charles Ryder : Yes. Very well. It belongs to friends of mine. Lieutenant Hooper : It doesn't make any sense. One family in a place this size - what's the use of it? Charles Ryder : I suppose Brigade find it useful.

Lieutenant Hooper : That's not what it's built for, though, is it? Maybe that's one of the pleasures of building. Like having a son. Wondering how he'll grow up. I don't know. I've never built anything. And I've forfeited the right to watch my son grow up. I'm homeless, childless, middle-aged and loveless. Sign In.

Brideshead Revisited. Episode aired Dec 22, 1h 30min. Play trailer Drama Romance. Director Charles Sturridge. Evelyn Waugh novel John Mortimer adaptation. Top credits Director Charles Sturridge. See more at IMDbPro. Brideshead Revisited - Charles Visits Morocco. Trailer Brideshead Revisited. Brideshead Revisited German Trailer. Photos Top cast Edit. Roger Milner Wilcox as Wilcox. John Grillo Mr. Samgrass as Mr. Michael Bilton Hayter as Hayter. Brian Hayes Porter as Porter. More like this.

Watch options. Storyline Edit. Charles becomes involved with Sebastian's family, Catholic peers of the realm in Protestant England. The story is told in flashback as Charles, now an officer in the British Army, is moved with his company to an English country house that he discovers to be Brideshead, Sebastian's family home where Charles has a series of memories of his youth and young manhood, his loves, life, and a journey of faith and anguish. Did you know Edit. Andrews, however, felt he was better suited for the part of Sebastian Flyte.

Jeremy Irons , Granger's first choice for Sebastian, preferred to play Ryder, so the two actors swapped roles. Alternate versions The voiceover in the early Venice sequences was added for the American version after producer Derek Granger saw the initial British broadcast and felt there was not a strong enough sense of the religious feelings evoked while viewing the paintings. User reviews 75 Review. Top review. A masterpiece of Television. Everyone is of course entitled to an opinion about matters such as this, but how anyone can rate this series as anything less than a great milestone in television is, to my mind at least, quite difficult to understand.

I recently re-read Evelyn Waugh's wonderful novel and was, consequently, inspired to watch the series for the fourth time, on DVD on this occasion.