Brideshead Revisited (1981) [7 of 11]

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Episode 7 "The Unseen Hook" (24 Nov. 1981) : Charles returns to London in the Spring of 1926 during the General Strike and joins the Defense Corps which ensures the delivery of essential supplies. He meets up with Boy Mulcaster and Anthony Blanche. Charles learns that Sebastian is living in French Morocco with a German boy he'd met. Lady Marchmain is dying and on her mother's behalf, Julia asks Charles if he would go and retrieve Sebastian. Charles travels to North Africa and finds Sebastian, who is in a very bad way. He's been hospitalized with the grippe and his alcoholism is taking its toll.

Brideshead Revisited is a 1981 British television serial starring Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews. Most of the serial was directed by Charles Sturridge, with certain sequences directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, who handled the initial phases of the production.

The serial is an adaptation of the novel Brideshead Revisited (1945) by Evelyn Waugh. It follows, from the 1920s to the early 1940s, the life and romances of the protagonist Charles Ryder—including his friendship with the Flytes, a family of wealthy English Catholics who live in a palatial mansion called Brideshead Castle. The screenplay was written by Derek Granger (the series' producer) and others. Charles Sturridge declared that 95% of the dialogue was from Waugh's original text.

The series Stars Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick, Simon Jones, Phoebe Nicholls, Claire Bloom, Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud. The theme music was composed by Geoffrey Burgon.