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The Jewel in the Crown

15
TV series
1984
1 season
ITV1
Drama

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6.5 TMDB worldwide · 25 ratings

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.

About the show

The Jewel in the Crown is a 1984 British epic historical drama television serial produced by Granada Television and originally aired on the ITV network. It is an adaptation of Paul Scott's Raj Quartet of novels about the final days of the British rule in India in India during and after World War II, and is named after the first novel in the series.

The 14-part serial was directed by Jim O'Brien and Christopher Morahan, and starred an ensemble cast featuring Art Malik, Geraldine James, Saeed Jaffrey, Peggy Ashcroft, Charles Dance, Tim Pigott-Smith, Eric Porter, Susan Wooldridge, Zia Mohyeddin, Kamini Kaushal, Om Puri and Nicholas Le Prevost. The musical score was composed by George Fenton.

The serial originally aired between 9 January and 3 April 1984. It won five British Academy Television Awards in 1985, including for Best Drama Series, Best Actor (for Pigott-Smith) and Best Actress (for Ashcroft). In the United States, where it aired on PBS' Masterpiece Theater programme, it won the Golden Globe Award for Best Limited Series and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series. It has been acclaimed as "the high-water mark of 1980s British TV."

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