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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

  • 1978
  • Ended
  • Drama
  • ~1h / ep
  • 1 season
  • 8.0/10

Muriel Spark's classic novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie was adapted by Scottish Television into a seven episode television serial for ITV in 1978 that featured Geraldine McEwan in the lead role. From Wikipedia.

Latest: Season 1 · 1978

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  1. E1. Newcastle

    Jan 22, 1978 · 60m

    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.

  2. E2. Edinburgh

    Jan 29, 1978 · 60m

    Newly arrived in Edinburgh, Miss Brodie gives a dramatic speech, meets her students, offends the conservative Miss Gaunt, and draws the attention of handsome and married art teacher Teddy Lloyd.

  3. E3. Sandy and Jenny

    Feb 5, 1978 · 60m

    Having fallen under the spell of their passionate, charismatic teacher, students Sandy and Jenny fuel their romantic fantasies with made-up stories and try to convince Miss Brodie to tell them the facts of life.

  4. E4. Giulia

    Feb 12, 1978 · 60m

    An admirer of all thing Italian, including Mussolini and fascism, Miss Brodie develops a special interest in an Italian student. When the girl's father explains the real reason for the family's move to Edinburgh, Miss Brodie maintains her support for Mussolini.

  5. E5. Rose

    Feb 19, 1978 · 60m

    After Miss Brodie mistakenly concludes that one of her students, the beautiful young Rose, is a poor, neglected orphan, she lavishes her with attention, causing jealousy and resentment among the other girls.

  6. E6. Dorothy and Juliet

    Feb 26, 1978 · 60m

    The famous ballerina Anna Pavlova is coming to Edinburgh. Miss Brodie insists that her girls experience this important cultural event, and enthusiastically predicts the future stardom of one of her students.

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