An epic 14-hour dramatization of the twilight of British rule in India, told from the often-intertwined points of view of rulers and the ruled. Based on Paul Scott's `Raj Quartet' novels (and made not long after Hollywood had success with `Gandhi' and `A Passage to India'), the miniseries won an Emmy and a Peabody Award following its airing on `Masterpiece Theatre.' The year before, it won a British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) Award.
Season 1, Episode 13
In August 1947 Guy Perron returns to India on the eve of independence to observe the last days of British rule. He discovers that Merrick had married Susan but has subsequently been killed in a riding accident. Perron questions Nigel about Merrick and discovers he was murdered.
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Length: 52:00
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Season 1, Episode 12
News of the end of the war reaches Pankot. Merrick who has blackmailed an orderly to gain access to Susan's records, is recalled to Delhi. Perron, who knows of the blackmail, is demobilised. Sara supervises the arrangements, and as they talk of Hari Kumar they are drawn together in the deserted summer residence and make love.
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Season 1, Episode 10
It is 1945. Colonel Layton has been released from prison camp and after visiting Barbie in hospital, Sarah goes to Bombay to welcome him home. Also in Bombay, is Sergeant Guy Perron, of Military Intelligence, quickly drawn by Major Ronald Merrick, D.S.O., into a web of intrigue, a web not only to catch traitors, but which binds the Laytons too. At a strange party, Guy widens his circle of friends, with far reaching consequences..
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Length: 53:00
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Season 1, Episode 9
Susan's baby has been rescued from the ring of fire that nearly engulfed him, but how did that awful moment leave Susan? Barbie embarks on a generous mission but is turned back by an appalling discovery. Meanwhile, the Laytons have moved into Rose Cottage, but the shadow of events in Calcutta darkens this home-coming.
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Length: 53:00
Posted: 10/13/2011
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Premiered: 1984, on PBS
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Premise: An epic 14-hour dramatization of the twilight of British rule in India, told from the often-intertwined points of view of rulers and the ruled. Based on Paul Scott's `Raj Quartet' novels (and made not long after Hollywood had success with `Gandhi' and `A Passage to India'), the miniseries won an Emmy and a Peabody Award following its airing on `Masterpiece Theatre.' The year before, it won a British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) Award.

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