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Viceroy's House

Period drama. Lord Mountbatten arrives in India to take the post of last viceroy. A new servant arrives to work as one of Mountbatten's dressers, only to encounter a long-lost love.

Lord Mountbatten arrives in India to take the post of last Viceroy. He and his wife Edwina take up residence in the Viceroy's House, with its hundreds of Hindu, Sikh and Muslim Indian servants. Meanwhile, new servant Jeet Kumar arrives to begin his new work as one of Mountbatten's dressers, only to encounter a long-lost love from a difficult period in his past. With the country shrouded in civil unrest, Mountbatten is determined to oversee a peaceful transition of power, but as India's leaders squabble amongst themselves, it begins to look as though partition might be the only answer.

1 hour, 40 minutes

Last on

Thu 2 Oct 202523:00

Credits

RoleContributor
DirectorGurinder Chadha
Lord MountbattenHugh Bonneville
Edwina MountbattenGillian Anderson
JeetManish Dayal
AaliaHuma Qureshi
General Hastings IsmayMichael Gambon
EwartDavid Hayman
Aly Rahim NoorOm Puri
Cyril RadcliffeSimon Callow
Muhammad Ali JinnahDenzil Smith
Mahatma GandhiNeeraj Kabi
Jawaharlal NehruTanveer Ghani
Lady Pamela HicksLily Travers
MohsinSamrat Chakrabarti
Archie WavellSimon Williams
GuptajiDarshan Jariwala
DuleepJaz Deol
WriterPaul Mayeda Berges
WriterGurinder Chadha

Broadcasts

  • Sat 24 Aug 201921:00
  • Sat 24 Aug 201922:00
  • Tue 15 Dec 202000:30
  • Mon 21 Jun 202120:00
  • Thu 2 Oct 202523:00

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