Despairing of dreary rain-swept Newcastle, Miss Brodie is reinvigorated by the chance to teach at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls. However, it's not long before she's at odds with the teaching staff and parents with her outspoken eccentric beliefs, her casting aside of the curriculum and adoration of Mussolini. Inquisitive, talented, attractive or outcast, the girls are taken under Miss Brodie's wing and encouraged to spirited rebellion, much to the chagrin of the aptly-named Miss Gaunt. Set in 1930s Edinburgh. Seven episodes. Based on Muriel Spark's best selling book.