Rex Mottram is determined to marry Julia, a prospect which appals Lady Marchmain, who is fatally ill. She reluctantly agrees to a secret engagement. Then Brideshead makes his own dramatic announcement, and Julia reveals how far she has already gone in her relationship with Rex.Meanwhile, Rex is looking for Sebastian and believes Charles is hiding him.

• Charles Sturridge
• John Mortimer
• Evelyn Waugh

• Laurence Olivier
• Phoebe Nicholls
• Jenny Runacre