After the war, Jarrott joined the Nottingham Repertory Theatre as an actor, and was soon working also as a stage manager and director. In 1953, he migrated to Canada and began to directed television plays for the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, with
Sydney Newman (who favoured original work) as his producer. In 1958, Newman took a post in England with
ABC Television, and in 1960 Jarrott joined him there, to work in television drama, mostly on
Armchair Theatre and
The Wednesday Play with
Ken Loach and
Dennis Potter, both shows managed by Sydney Newman. In 1963, Newman moved to the
BBC, and Jarrott again followed him, soon directing
The Young Elizabeth (1964), with his wife Katherine Blake as Mary Tudor. Other work for the BBC included two plays by
Harold Pinter,
Tea Party (1965) and
The Basement (1967). The film went on to receive ten
Academy Award nominations and earned Jarrott a
Golden Globe for Best Director in 1970. Jarrott's next film,
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), with
Richard Burton as
Henry VIII,
Geneviève Bujold as
Anne Boleyn, and
Vanessa Redgrave as Mary Stuart), was nominated for only six Academy Awards and five Golden Globes. ==Personal life==