The Millionairess (Maggie Smith, 1972). Part 3 of 11

Starring Maggie Smith and Tom Baker. Part 3

[@goodgrief888]

Maggie Smith is so good at playing self absorbed characters who are so wrapped up in their own wants and needs that they can’t imagine the damage that they do.

[@boobooboohoo749]

Maggie Smith is audaciously talented! like no other

[@VivienneDodd]

Just watch Peter Barkworth’s expressions and attention to the action! A gem

[@Blatino]

"He was too great and idiot to realize his own audacity." Classic!

[@MegaGum1]

an extrodinarily difficult thing to do this, to play this for television having not performed it on stage. the timing, pacing, delivery. only Mags could get away with acting like this. sublime

[@jennyconnatty7635]

Bravo! Maggie Smith you rule!

[@TheJadiea]

Thumbs-up if Polly reminds you of Umbrige from Harry Potter.

[@ivancervi1825]

Dame Maggie potrebbe recitare esclusivamente con il viso senza proferire parola! Storica..non ho altra parola per definirla

[@joshuabovaird3229]

Welcome to The British version of Thunderdome . Where shade is so extreme it might as well be an overcast .

[@essenvicente]

For some reason, I really really dislike that Polly... lol But maybe I'm just really prejudiced since I love Maggie Smith so much... hahahha

[@soniavadnjal7553]

Can't stand Maggie's character.

[@Concreteforest111]

What a find!

[@elizabethblackwell6242]

It's the Criminologist - An Expert from The Rocky Horror Picture Show .

[@bookdear]

"...your lawn tennis was outstanding..." haha :) Love her.

[@alexandreleite2541]

Thank you for uploading this. It made my week. 😍

[@jomattia]

Polly is utterly savage, each line is a devastating put-down but it's unclear if it flies over Epifania's head.

[@littlemarmoset]

I could be mistaken, but I imagine most of the barbs fly right over.

[@121Swaleskid]

4:50 its blowfeld :D (enemy in the james bond film diamonds are forever)

[@jeraldbaxter3532]

The actress who plays "Seedy Stockings" is very good, but i wonder what Prunella Scales would have done with the role; perhaps it is that her coiffure resembles a modified Sybil Fawlty hairdo.

[@NitroxKae1]

Oh My god Professor McGonagall is so young o:

[@pygiana16]

Who is professor McGonagall?

[@darveairgrady2084]

@@pygiana16 Professor Minerva McGonagall is a fictional character in the Harry Potter books and movie series. And she was played actress Dame Maggie Smith.

[@kragary]

@DAndraDreams Had to check that and turns out that Priscilla Morgan (Polly) did indeed play Mrs. Bennet in the 1980 version of Pride and Prejudice, not in the 90's version that's so close to my heart.

[@autodidact2499]

At 7:11: Unlikely that Blenderbland's cigarette had a filter tip in 1933.

[@micow9951]

Am I the only one that ships Maggie's character with Mr.Sagamore

[@paengs.delrosario7804]

Is Adrian the inspiration for Waldorf of The Muppets' Statler and Waldorf?

[@SimonFurber]

Tinges of the Dowager Duchess.

[@storybellz]

Maggie Smith is so very beautiful in this production! But, I dare say, I'm having the hardest time bringing myself to finish this, as it's far too much like a stage-play, and I don't care for that on the screen. And, I really don't like the camera work---it's annoying! But, Maggie is worth seeing, anyway.

[@silverkitty2503]

Yeah but BBC drama camera work wasn't very good at this time. Very flat.

[@weremyjiggins89]

How can anyone go on about production when the performances are so good? I'd recommend trying to ignore the technical and paying more attention to the artistry of the script and the actors.

[@GeorgiNM]

F*ck-ive years, fifteen more like!

[@chunellemariavictoriaespan8752]

3:26 =They are... Meaning you are the replaceable housemaid, unfortunately...

[@jamesofarcadia]

all brilliant casting... save for the husband, who is mincing and floppy, even the Turk is more believable than he is a prize fighter, lol.

[@soniavadnjal7553]

Maggie's great, but what an appalling character!