THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN (1984)

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• Release Year: 1984
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Plot: THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN is the internationally-acclaimed eight-part series that captures the turbulance, the passion, and the drama of the waning years of British Rule in India. This exquisite human epic received an Emmy for Outstanding Limited Series; a Golden Globe for Best Miniseries; and British Academy of Film and Television Artists Awards for Best Drama Series, Best Actor Tim Pigott-Smith, and Best Actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft.; ; From the first episode to the last, THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN is moved by a cast of memorable characters: Daphne Manners (Susan Woolridge), her lover Hari Kumar (Art Malik), Ronald Merrick (Tim Pigott-Smith), Barbie Batchelor (Dame Peggy Ashcroft), and officer Guy Perron (Charles Dance). This brilliantly interwoven saga tells the story of men and women struggling to adjust to the drastic changes brought about by the end of British colonial rule.; ; Adapted from Paul Scott's literary masterpiece 'The Raj Quartet', THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN was filmed extensively throughout India, England, and Wales.; ; The 14 parts are as follows:; Crossing the River; The Bibighar Gardens; Questions of Loyalty; Incidents at a Wedding; The Regimental Silver; Ordeal by Fire; Daughters of the Regiment; The Day of the Scorpion; The Towers of Silence; An Evening at the Maharanee's; Travelling Companions; The Moghul Room; Pandora's Box; A Division of the Spoils
• Cast: Tim Pigott-Smith; Geraldine James; Wendy Morgan; Judy Parfitt; Rosemary Leach; Peggy Ashcroft; Geoffrey Beevers; Eric Porter; Nicholas Le Prevost; Art Malik; Derrick Branche; Charles Dance; Rachel Kempson; Anna Cropper; Antony Brown; Shreela Ghosh; Nicholas Farrell; Frederick Treves; Fabia Drake; Marne Maitland; James Bree; Stephen Riddle; Susan Wooldridge; Saeed Jaffrey; Zia Mohyeddin; Warren Clarke; Matyelok Gibbs; Carol Gillies; Stuart Wilson; Renee Goddard; Zohra Segal; Jeremy Child; Rowena Cooper; Rashid Karapiet; Dev Sagoo; Kamini Kaushal; Ralph Arliss; Bob Babenia; Ishaq Bux; Sheila Grant; Jonathan Haley; Nicholas Haley; Albert Moses; Leonard Trolley; Lottie Ward; Om Puri; Peter Jeffrey; Siddharth Kak; Sallyann Webster; Susan Field; Roly Lamas; Dominic Jephcott; Paul Geoffrey; Paul Williamson; Karan Kapoor; Janet Henfrey; David Allister; Georgine Anderson; Paul Anil; Tony Arjuna; John Atkinson; Ranjan Badheka; Bahskar; Ian Bleasdale; William Boyde; Abdur Carim; Ann Castle; Derek Chabrol; Robert Cheer; Sheila Chitnis; Madan Choughoy; Zulema Dene; Michael Feldman; Tanveer Ghani; Tapan Ghosh; Leslie Grantham; Kumall Grewal; Alpna Gupta; Mohammed Hassan; Patricia Heneghan; Bernard Horsfall; John Horsley; Christopher Irvin; Robert James; Ehsan Janjua; Paul Jaynes; Talib Johnny; Nizwar Karanj; Yazdani Raza Khan; Shelley King; Surya Kumari; David Leland; Angus MacKay; Moti Makan; Stephen Mallatratt; Hilary Mason; Jamila Massey; William McBain; Ian McCurrach; John McGregor; Amarnath Mishra; Markandey Mishra; Mellan Mitchell; Sarah Neville; Nigel Nevinson; Salmaan Peerzada; Annet Peters; Robert Putt; Malcolm Raeburn; Kumar Ranji; Martyn Read; Norman Rutherford; John Samuels; Paul Satvendar; Simon Shepherd; Gurdial Sira; Irene Sutcliffe; Mark Tandy; Bert Thomas; Richard Tolan; Josephine Welcome; Rosalie Williams; Anita Bhardwag; Bhasker Patel; Jim O'Brien; Christopher Morahan; Paul Scott; Irene Shubik; Ken Taylor
• Director: Jim O'Brien
• Runtime: 12:30
• Media Format: Series