Bibliograph

The jewel in the crown

Type

Label

The jewel in the crown

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Censorship classification: M

Main title

The jewel in the crown

Runtime

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Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Disc 1. 1. Crossing the river ; 2. The Bibighar Gardens ; 3. Questions of loyalty -- Disc 2. 4. Incidents at a wedding ; 5. The regimental silver ; 6. Ordeal by fire ; 7. Daughters of the regiment -- Disc 3. 8. The days of the scorpion ; 9 The towers of silence ; 9. An evening at the Maharanee's ; 11. Travelling companions -- Disc 4. The Moghul Room ; 13. Pandora's box ; 14. The division of spoils

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

Classification