The Jewel in the Crown
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1/9/1984Runtime
14 eps, 780 minsGenres
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In India, during the final years of British rule in World War II, an unjust arrest for rape sets off questions of identity and personal responsibility being explored against a background of war and personal intrigue.
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A sprawling, deliberately paced immersion into the moral complexities of the dying British Raj, where a devastating crime sets in motion a web of interconnected lives caught between empires, duty, and conscience. The series unfolds with the density of a novel, rewarding patient attention to shifting perspectives and the weight of history pressing on individual choices.
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Tim Pigott-Smith
Ronald Merrick
Geraldine James
Sarah Layton
Wendy Morgan
Susan Layton
Judy Parfitt
Mildred Layton
Geoffrey Beevers
Kevin Coley
Peggy Ashcroft
Barbie Batchelor
Rosemary Leach
Aunt Fenny
Derrick Branche
Ahmed Kasim
Art Malik
Hari Kumar
Nicholas Le Prevost
Nigel Rowan
Eric Porter
Dimitri Bronowsky
Antony Brown
Arthur Peplow
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