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"Tells the epic story of men and women caught up in a struggle of race and class during the last five years of British rule in India."@en
"Tells the epic story of men and women caught up in a struggle of race and class during the last five years of British rule in India."
"A 14-part story of the last days of British occupation of India. Set in the 1940's, depicts the trials faced by the families and their problems of dealing with and loving across the races."@en
""Tells the epic story of men and women caught up in a struggle of race and class during the last five years of British rule in India.""
"Set in the twilight year of imperial British India, presents the ill-fated romance between a well-born Englishwoman and a Hindu newsman during a period of war with Japan and the Indian struggle for independence."@en
"The sweeping saga of the final years of British rule in India. Depicts the lives and loves of people caught in the turbulence of a nation struggling to break the chains of oppression."@en
"Set in the twilight years of imperial British India, follows the ill-fated romance between a well-born Englishwoman, Daphne Manners, and a Hindu newsman, Hari Kumar, during a period of war with Japan and the Indian struggle for independence."
"Set in the twilight years of imperial British India, follows the ill-fated romance between a well-born Englishwoman, Daphne Manners, and a Hindu newsman, Hari Kumar, during a period of war with Japan and the Indian struggle for independence."@en
"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."@en
"This television mini-series is set in India and begins in 1942 with the rise of the Indian independence movement. It covers a period of internal struggle to free India from British rule during the war and later, with the departure of the British, a time of terror and violence as Muslim and Hindu factions struggle for power. The Jewel in the Crown is also a story of the men and women whose lives were irrevocably affected by this upheaval."
"This television mini-series is set in India and begins in 1942 with the rise of the Indian independence movement. It covers a period of internal struggle to free India from British rule during the war and later, with the departure of the British, a time of terror and violence as Muslim and Hindu factions struggle for power. The Jewel in the Crown is also a story of the men and women whose lives were irrevocably affected by this upheaval."@en
"The sweeping saga of the final years of British rule in India, depicting the lives and loves of people caught in the turbulence of a nation struggling to break the chains of oppression. Based on Paul Scott's "Raj quartet" and starring Peggy Ashcroft, Tim Pigott-Smith and Gerldine James."@en
"The Jewel in the Crown is the brilliant adaptation of Paul Scott's literary masterpiece "The Raj Quarter". This award-winning mini-series tells the epic story of men and women caught up in a struggle of race and class during the last five years of British rule in India. Permeated by the political tension of this unsettled era, Volume one opens in February 1942. The Japanese Army has conquered Burma and is threatening to invade neighboring India. Ghandi is calling on the British to "Quit India". In the town of Mayapore, Police Superintendent Ronald Merrick arrests a young Indian news reporter suspected of subversion, Hari Kumar. Meanwhile, on the other side of the river that divides the city and the cultures, Daphne Manners arrives from England. It is the start of a chain of events binding English and Indians in a web of love, tragedy and death."@en
"The sweeping saga of the final years of British rule in India. The Jewel in the Crown depicts the lives and loves of people caught in the turbulence of a nation struggling to break the chains of oppression."@en
"The sweeping saga of the final years of British rule in India. The Jewel in the Crown depicts the lives and loves of people caught in the turbulence of a nation struggling to break the chains of oppression."
"Beset by the political tension of an unsettled year, Gandhi calls for British removal from India. Police Superintendent Ronald Merrick arrests an Indian news reporter. Daphne Manner arrives from London. Merrick vents his frustrations on Kumar in a vicious jailhouse beating. Daphne gives birth. Mildred Layton prepares for her daughter's wedding. The Governor finds out about Merrick's abuse. Sarah is seduced by an officer. Susan delivers a baby boy. Tension mounts over home rule. Merrick is reassigned to Delhi. On the eve of Indian independence, Perron learns of Merrick's death. Before the independence, the Laytons and Perron prepare to return to England, leaving India to it's uncertain future."@en
"Hailed by critics as one of the most thoughtful and important TV dramas ever, the sweeping fourteen-part remastered adaptation of Paul Scott's Raj Quartet is the story of the men and women of both ruling and ruled classes of WWII India, trying amidst the turmoil to come to terms with the drastic changes taking place around them, knowing that their lives will never be the same again."@en
"This the story of a rape, of the events that led to it, and of the place in which it happened. The events reflect the history of India in the 1940's."@en
"Hailed by critics as one of the most thoughtful and important TV dramas ever, the sweeping fourteen-part remastered adaptation of Paul Scott₂s Raj Quartet is the story of the men and women of both ruling and ruled classes of WWII India, trying amidst the turmoil to come to terms with the drastic changes taking place around them, knowing that their lives will never be the same again."
"Tells the story of the last days of British occupation of India. Set in the 1940s, depicts the trials faced by the families and their problems of dealing with and loving across the races."@en