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Episode 2

The Raj QuartetThe Jewel in the Crown
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Daphne's friendship with Hari deepens as Britain’s relationship with India grows more volatile. Stars Prasanna Puwanarajah.

Daphne's friendship with Hari Kumar deepens as the relationship between Britain and India grows more volatile.

The last days of the British Raj in India as the Second World War leads inevitably towards independence.

Paul Scott's classic series of novels dramatised by John Harvey.

Daphne Manners ...... Anna Maxwell Martin
Ronald Merrick ...... Mark Bazeley
Hari Kumar ...... Prasanna Puwanarajah
Lily Chatterji ...... Josephine Welcome
Aunt Shalini ...... Nina Wadia
Sister Ludmilla ...... Susan Engel
Miss Edwina Crane ...... Phyllida Law
Mr Chaudhuri ...... Paul Bazely

Other parts played by:

Shiv Grewal
Rez Kempton
Jason Chan

Music by Raiomond Mirza.

Director: Sally Avens.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2005.

1 hour

Last on

Wed 18 May 202203:00
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