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The Jewel in the Crown

198450m / epDrama

First aired

January 9, 1984

6.5

TMDB Score

65% match · 25 votes

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S01 · E01

Crossing the River

Miniseries · Jan 9, 1984 · 1h 46m

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E01Playing

Crossing the River

Jan 9, 1984 · 1h 46m

E02▶

The Bibighar Gardens

Jan 10, 1984 · 52m

E03▶

Questions of Loyalty

Jan 17, 1984 · 51m

E04▶

Incidents at a Wedding

Jan 24, 1984 · 52m

E05▶

The Regimental Silver

Jan 31, 1984 · 51m

E06▶

Ordeal by Fire

Feb 7, 1984 · 52m

E07▶

Daughters of the Regiment

Feb 14, 1984 · 52m

E08▶

The Day of the Scorpion

Feb 21, 1984 · 52m

E09▶

The Towers of Silence

Feb 28, 1984 · 52m

E10▶

An Evening at the Maharanee's

Mar 6, 1984 · 53m

E11▶

Travelling Companions

Mar 13, 1984 · 52m

E12▶

The Moghul Room

Mar 20, 1984 · 52m

E13▶

Pandora's Box

Mar 27, 1984 · 52m

E14▶

The Division of the Spoils

Apr 3, 1984 · 51m

The story begins in 1942. The Japanese are threatening to invade and Gandhi is calling on the British to quit India. In Mayapore Hari Kumar comes under suspicion of subversion by Merrick, the District Superintendent of Police. This turns to hatred when Hari begins a relationship with Daphne Manners, the object of Merrick's affections. It is the start of a chain of events binding English and Indians in a web of love, tragedy and death.

About the Series

Drama

Synopsis

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.

CreatorsIrene Shubik, Paul Scott