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The Jewel in the Crown

  • TV Mini Series
  • 19841984
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 12h 58m
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8.4/10
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The Jewel in the Crown (1984)
The Jewel In The Crown
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The sweeping drama about the 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 wi... Read allThe sweeping drama about the 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.The sweeping drama about the 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.
IMDb RATING
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2.3K
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  • Stars
    • Tim Pigott-Smith
    • Geraldine James
    • Wendy Morgan
  • Stars
    • Tim Pigott-Smith
    • Geraldine James
    • Wendy Morgan
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 41User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy

    Episodes14

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    1 Season
    1984

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    Tim Pigott-Smith
    Tim Pigott-Smith
    • Ronald Merrick
    Geraldine James
    Geraldine James
    • Sarah Layton
    Wendy Morgan
    Wendy Morgan
    • Susan Layton
    Judy Parfitt
    Judy Parfitt
    • Mildred Layton
    Rosemary Leach
    Rosemary Leach
    • Aunt Fenny
    Peggy Ashcroft
    Peggy Ashcroft
    • Barbie Batchelor
    Geoffrey Beevers
    Geoffrey Beevers
    • Kevin Coley
    Eric Porter
    Eric Porter
    • Dimitri Bronowsky
    Nicholas Le Prevost
    Nicholas Le Prevost
    • Nigel Rowan
    Art Malik
    Art Malik
    • Hari Kumar
    Derrick Branche
    Derrick Branche
    • Ahmed Kasim
    Charles Dance
    Charles Dance
    • Guy Perron
    Rachel Kempson
    Rachel Kempson
    • Lady Manners
    Anna Cropper
    Anna Cropper
    • Nicky Paynton
    Antony Brown
    Antony Brown
    • Arthur Peplow
    Shreela Ghosh
    Shreela Ghosh
    • Minnie
    Nicholas Farrell
    Nicholas Farrell
    • Teddy Bingham
    Frederick Treves
    Frederick Treves
    • Col. John Layton
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    • Trivia
      All the exteriors of India were shot on location in India, but all the interiors of the Indian buildings were shot some six months later and 5000 miles away in the studios of Granada TV in Manchester, causing continuity problems because some of the cast had put on or lost weight in the meantime.
    • Quotes

      Capt. Ronald Merrick: Are you one of those people who think that if you teach an Indian the rules of cricket he'll become an English gentleman?

      Guy Perron: Hardly sir. I know quite a few English gentlemen who play cricket brilliantly but are absolute shits.

    • Connections
      Edited into Masterpiece: The Jewel in the Crown: Part 1 (1984)

    User reviews41

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    Complex and moving
    I really loved this series. I think I've seen the whole series about 7 or 8 times, and I see something new each time.

    The Jewel in the Crown tells the story of individual people trying to live their lives in a world in the process of changing beyond recognition. The acting quality and execution of the entire production has never been equaled. You really believe that these people lived in this extraordinary time, the beginning of the end of the British Empire. Some are able to move forward into the new world, some are destroyed, and all are changed forever.

    I actually think that the series is better than the sum of the books, but nothing beats the first book in the series (The Jewel in the Crown) as a stand-alone novel. It's all about human perspective. Similar to the film Rashomon (or Courage Under Fire), the novel Jewel in the Crown tells a story from every point of view except one. You have to think about what that means. The series captures this effect differently, but it does so beautifully.
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      • January 9, 1984 (United Kingdom)
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      • Kashmir, India
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      • Granada Television
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    • 12 hours 58 minutes
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