After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Apart from the Mussolini thing, she's perfect! In so doing, she offends the conservative Miss Gaunt, tests the patience of headmistress Miss Mackay, and incites the passions of married art instructor Teddy Lloyd (John Castle, The Lion in Winter). Based on the acclaimed novel by Muriel Spark “A marvelous performance by Geraldine McEwan” —The New York Times “A classic adaptation” —Daily Record (U.K.) As seen on PBS Beloved actress Geraldine McEwan (Agatha Christie’s Marple, The Magdalene Sisters) is imperious, unorthodox teacher Jean Brodie in this seven-part PBS miniseries. Title: Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2013. Looking for something to watch? The film stars Maggie Smith in the titular role as an unrestrained teacher at a girls' school in Edinburgh. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. This Miss Jean Brodie has the impeccable style of a highly educated Scottish woman in 1930, (especially fashion sense - her clothes are to die for), proudly back in her very own Edinburgh, she exudes all the confidence you would expect a beautifully maturing woman in her prime to, she is 40, after all. Cookie Info: To find out how to manage cookies, see our cookie policy. My only quibble is that this is not a presentation of the book or the play, but is in fact a kind of "prequel" to the events of the book. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life. HBO The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable twelve-year-old charges with her over-romanticized world view. The site shows 7 days worth of listings for all major TV providers and stations in the country. Unlock. Certificate: M/PG Produced by Scottish Television. The series consists of seven hour-long shows. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: Geraldine McEwan, Georgine Anderson, Jean McKinley, Madeleine Christie, Michael Elder, John Castle, George Cormack, Julia Brennan Mary, influenced by Brodie, sets out to join her brother, whom she believes to be fighting for Franco. Jenny is a composite of the original Jenny and Rose; in spite of her name she has more in common with Rose, since in the novel it was she who Miss Brodie tried to manoeuvre into having an affair with Mr Lloyd. [5] In September 1970 the studio reported it had made a profit of $831,000 on the film.[6]. Brodie sometimes spends the night with Lowther, although she tries to conceal this from the girls. Brodie tries to manoeuvre Jenny and Mr Lloyd into having an affair, and Sandy into spying on them for her. Thus, the serial adaptation is actually a very broad fantasia upon the novel's plot, theme, and narrative, something most admirers of the book are unlikely to anticipate. Frustrated by students she perceives as provincial and unwilling to marry her wealthy suitor, George Jenkins, Miss Brodie seeks an appointment at the elite Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh. This event serves as the last straw for Sandy, who informs the school's board of governors of Brodie's efforts to impose her politics on her students, which finally leads to Brodie's termination. The play largely abandoned this, although it did include a few scenes showing Sandy as a nun in later life. Scotland in the 30's is quite well documented.