The Jewel in the Crown is a 1984 British television serial about the final days of the British Raj in India during and after World War II, based on … See more

The serial opens in the midst of World War II in the fictional Indian city of Mayapore, against the backdrop of the last years of the See more

Sir Denis Forman, then chairman of Granada Productions, wrote in 1983 that the impetus for adapting the Raj Quartet was the success of … See more

In contemporary reviews, John J. O'Connor of The New York Times wrote, "the careful accumulation of marvelous detail is never less than fascinating. And once again in a British production, the performances are rarely less than extraordinary... See more

• Peggy Ashcroft as Barbara Batchelor
• Janet Henfrey as Edwina Crane
• Derrick Branche as Ahmed Kasim
• Charles Dance as Sgt Guy Perron See more

According to the Museum of Broadcast Communications there was "a cycle of film and television productions which emerged during the first half of … See more

• The Jewel in the Crown at IMDb
• Museum of Broadcast Communications Archived 4 August 2012 at archive.today See more