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The Jewel in the Crown

Year:

1985

Duration:

778 min

Genres:

Drama | History | Romance | War

IMDB rate:

8.5

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 9 wins & 17 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1985-02-12

Filming Locations: Kashmir, India

Cast

Actor

Character

Derrick Branche

The Jewel in the Crown

Matyelok Gibbs

Tim Pigott-Smith

Ronald Merrick

Geraldine James

Sarah Layton (12 episodes, 1984)

Wendy Morgan

Susan Layton (11 episodes, 1984)

Judy Parfitt

Mildred Layton (9 episodes, 1984)

Rosemary Leach

Aunt Fenny (7 episodes, 1984)

Peggy Ashcroft

Barbie Batchelor (7 episodes, 1984)

Geoffrey Beevers

Kevin Coley

Eric Porter

Dimitri Bronowsky

Nicholas Le Prevost

Nigel Rowan

Art Malik

Hari Kumar

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Trivia

Part of an early 1980s cycle of British productions set in India. These included Gandhi (1982), Heat and Dust (1983), The Far Pavilions (1984), A Passage to India (1984), Octopussy (1983) and The Jewel in the Crown (1984).

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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.

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Filming of the interior scenes was disrupted when all the sets and props were destroyed in a fire at Granada studios.

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Quotes

Dimitri Bronowsky: [looks at Perron's shoulder-tabs] Tell me what this stands for - AEC?

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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?

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Faq

What are "QAs"?

It's short for "QARANC," - a nurse in Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, which have served the nursing and medical needs of the British army, their allies, prisoners of war and local civilians since 1854. The corps traces its history back to Florence Nightingale and the Crimean War. Daphne, as a volunteer nurse, works with "QAs" at the hospital. Check out the QARANC website at http://www.qaranc.co.uk/

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