One of the absolutely best ever British tele series. I am so taken by the scene where Art Malik speaks out about how his character feels about India. It is most moving. And sad.
Art Malik was born in Pakistan and taken to the UK when he was three. He is almost playing himself. The character Hari Kumar went to England as a two year old.
What an amazing production. I watched this as a teen in the 80s and now watching it again in my 50s, with mature wide open eyes, much more aware of the subtext. I really only recall Merrick’s character. I felt his pain back then. Thank you for uploading.
Yes. Thanks so much for uploading this incredible series. I think it is one of the great, profound epics of English television. I too saw it when it first came out; I was in my mid-thirties. Eventually I found the DVD set on sale. I've watched it many times over the years. I get something new from it or another detail falls into place every time I watch it. Perhaps I've learned more about India between viewings; or about the English. They are still so capable of such class distinctions and racial prejudice. But this version you've uploaded is absolutely pristine! I've never seen the series with such sharp images and brilliant colors. Truly pulls you into the action.
Thank you so much for making the entire serial available. For years I searched for it. It was not being aired here, now it is. So now I am so happy watching the same. God bless you. Delighted by the wonderful rendition of history.
The absolute best PBS series. Among Indophiles and Anglophiles nothing got done on the evenings this was shown. On at 8 and 10 pm. Even when the Indian Music Circle had concerts, people left early. It was a like a sacrament, the loyalty was so high! The best!
One of the best mini series ever on either side of the Atlantic. Great acting, directing and writing. I remember watching it when it was 1st broadcast in America. I think it was show as part of Masterpiece Theater on PBS
Thelsreal: I agree. It's a fantastic piece of drama, but, if you're a lower middle class English bloke, like me, it's, incredibly offensive. All the jolly good, decent folk are rich, overpriviliged ex-public school kids and the nasties are lower class grammar school chaps like Ronald and the character portrayed by Warren Clark (Sophie?). To my peers it's incredibly offensive.
@@philjamieson5572 I completely agree. Since the novel was written in 1966 there were still a lot of the old, outdated ideas of High Class vs Low Class in English Society.
@@glen7318 Sophie treats Guy terribly (and persuades others to do so) on his arrival, merely because he suspects (wrongly) that Guy is one of Ronald's stooges. He has no grounds for this nastiness.
I was very young when I watched this series in the states. I was not famiiar with the books at all. I remember being confused in that the first two episodes were about Daphne Manners. Then her storyline just vanished and the second storyline was all about the Laytons. It wasn't until a decade later that I realized the series covered just part of a series of novels. I really liked the first two episodes. I did like the rest of the series as well but was take the most with the first two. Thank you for posting these episodes.
Shane you can listen to the serialisation of the whole set of books right now, on Radio 4 ... but maybe only if you're in the UK. Not sure, but it was recorded in 2007/8. You can get the Jewel in the Crown on audible.co.uk. -- 21 hours worth, for the one book. The others haven't been recorded as yet.
I fell in 'love' with Charles Dance when it first aired in the US. Even wrote to the man and got a signed photo back in the mail. I must admit I was obsessed with this series. So well done!
Same - I was obsessed with the series and the books, reading them slowly over one summer and savoring them, always looking forward to picking up where I’d left off after dinner.
What a wonderful critique of the human condition! The only thing better is The Raj Quartet by Paul Scott. BBC did a wonderful adaptation. Scott's novel, via a historical allegory, revealed the fundamental truth about ambition; there is only fantasy. I just watched the whole series...AGAIN!
I was watching this series in the 1980s when I was a high school student. Now, after this period, I am watching this serial again. The same feeling, but without my parents who died several years ago.
I'm currently rereading the books on which this this wonderful series was based: The Raj Quartet novels by Paul Scott. If you can get hold of them, I can't recommend them more highly. The two great and time - resisting virtues of The Raj Quartet novels - which are also embodied in the series - are, first, the extraordinary range of characters, and, second, their powerful description of the last days of British India, which have now slipped quietly away into history. It seems strange that everything that's so skilfully portrayed in the books and in the series actually took place less than 100 years ago, during WWII. Love from Amanda in Australia ❤️
Dear Andrea, aren't they brilliant, the books I mean? Have you got the whole set? I'm reading 'The Day of The Scorpion' right now, which is the second book in the series. I think I would give anything to be able to write like Paul Scott, he just describes everything so well, doesn't he? Is 'The Tower of Silence' the final book in the series? That's the one in which poor Miss Batchelor is accused by Mrs Layton of making lesbian advances towards her daughters, isn't it? Accusations that are completely untrue, of course. Have I got the right book? What do you think of the books from a German perspective, if you don't mind me asking ? Love from Amanda in Australia
@@amandajones6481 Dear Amanda, yes Paul Scott's writing is really brillant. He gives his characters a depth that you hardly find in other historical novels. The fourth book in the series is A Division of the Spoils and there is also a sequel called Staying On which deals with the Smalleys who have remained in India after the Independence. I can recommend that as well. Greetings from Andrea
@@andreaadil4118 Dear Andrea, I haven't read 'Staying On' but I saw the film ages ago and I must get the book. I've got all the Raj Quartet novels, except for the first one which I lent to someone and never got back! The film of 'Staying On' is available on TH-cam, so I'm planning on watching it in the next few days. Warm Regards, Amanda Jones in Melbourne, Australia ❤️
i watched this series in 1980's China..looking back can't believe how magical a show like this was aired on China national TV station. what an enterntainment what an enlightenment.
My heart has been longing for a series like this one Excellent storytelling and character and relationship development where one can see the human condition in all its glory Superb acting. Love it. Thanks for posting
Margaret Farquhar: it's certainly an excellent series, but, to someone, like myself who was brought up in a lower middle-class setting, the demonisation of the grammar school boy, Ronald, is offensive. This is especially so, given that all the decent folk are over-proviliged, smug, ex private school kids. The portrayal of working class guy, Sophie as a pantomime villain is simply grotesque. This series only ages well if you're from a particular background.
@@philjamieson5572 I am American so maybe I got it wrong. But to my eyes, all the young white Englishmen (except Daphne) were portrayed as shallow, ill-mannered young people dependent on their unearned privileged place in society. I felt Sophie was a homosexual with a wicked sense of humor using subversion to tweak uptight Englishmen. Merrick and Hari were two faces of the same coin, both tragic figures whose educations were at odds with their backgrounds so both were unable to fit into British society anywhere. I did not see lower class Britons as being portrayed in patronising ways. Indeed, Scott himself came from a similar background due to his father's financial difficulties. I've seen the whole series and read all four novels.
@4Topwood agreed. I am a non-white person from a former British colony and definitely not into shows that glamourise colonisation and the whole British Raj thing. The majority of the upper class/military elite people in TJITC are messed up: deluded, hanging on with their fingernails to a fading "glory," petty.
Thanks for watching, have you seen Staying On yet? th-cam.com/video/1JhyTPeHKzg/w-d-xo.html This was the fifth book written by Paul Scott and follows a couple who stayed on in Pankot post independence. Ironically although the last book, it was filmed by Granada before Jewel in the Crown.
Haven,t seen this since the mid 80s. Mentioned at a dinner party last night and found on You Tube. Remarkable series...will probably take tomorrow off to watch the whole thing!! Half my life since I saw this!
The Jewel in the Crown get's my vote for either the best mini-series ever, or possibly a tie with "Brideshead Revisited." I love the opening theme, and the closing, to contrast to the British march, was always Indian music, which was a brilliant idea. I'm pretty sure this was the first thing in which I saw Judy Parfitt, who has become one of my favorite actresses. Of course there are other actors who I recognize but don't remember all the names.
For some reason I got interested in the Raj and wanted to experience what it was like back in those days. I’ve heard plenty about how colonialism was bad, I want to see some that show the British mindset from the time.
Woww i've been watching this in the 80's in israeli tv with hebrew translation. I had such a pleasure watching the cast playing there role so fine . Where can i find it in hebrew translation?
30:13 Too bad Merrick didn't go after Daphne's hospital coworker instead of Daphne, since she thought more like he did, and seemed to think Daphne was lucky he liked her, but then again he wanted the Manners' social status.
I am not sure Merrick's interest in Daphne was due primarily to her status as a relation of Lady Manners. I think it had to do more with her being alone in the world (as far as having no immediate family) and therefore more vulnerable. Also, she was receptive to experiences outside the very narrow scope of her class, unlike the other British young people in her social circle (all of whom were so shallow). There was more to Merrick than his overwhelming feelings of social inferiority and repressed homosexuality. That's what makes him so fascinating. His darkness and his depth.
@@4Topwood You put that perfectly Ann, I've always wondered about Merrick's suppressed homosexuality, but there is a lot more to him than that. He is a very dark and dangerous character, whose darkness always seems to be simmering just below the surface. Do you think, as I do, that Merrick is really attracted to Hari Kumar, not to Daphne? You noticed that Ronald Merrick doesn't take any real interest in Daphne until he sees her talking to Hari Kumar. By the way, wasn't Tim Piggott Smith perfect in his role as Ronald Merrick? He seems to have completely understood Merrick and who he was. I remember seeing this series on TV, here in Australia, back in the very early 1980's when I was only 11 or 12. So it's very different seeing it now, at the age of 53. I was worried that I would find it outdated now, but it's not at all. The cast and the acting are so good that the series transcends time. Thank you for sharing your comment, what you wrote really made me think about Merrick's character. Love from Amanda in Melbourne, Australia
@@amandajones6481 I just now saw your reply. I have Notifications turned in but it doesn't seem to be working. So sorry. Yes, I think you nailed it. Merrick takes an interest in Kumar at the first meeting. We could almost say he "selects" him. The when he realizes Daphne knows Kumar, that seals the deal. It is then he begins to pursue Daphne. (Remember, Merrick and Daphne are already what I would call "nodding acquaintances". She passes his truck carrying Kumar to headquarters and waves at Merrick. But Merrick only becomes interested in her later--when Kumar enters the picture.) Tim Piggot-Smith's portrayal of Merrick was brilliant! And he also had a terrific range, able to play characters quite different from Merrick. Have you seen the Midsomer Murders episode, "Days of Misrule"? He's excellent in it. We lost him much too soon. RIP.
I love the part with auntie bashing off here and there and the happy times of falling in love. I think I’ll play all the good parts and skip the sad bits. Drinking nimbu pani. Dancing. Eating dinner at aunties beautiful house. Rajput princess!🥰🥰🥰🕉🕉🕉
The Undivided Subcontinent Of India before the division and partition of India into two separate nations based on religion based politics was indeed the undisputed Jewel In The Crown Of The Powerful British Empire . The Sun Never Sets On The British Empire was the famous slogan of those times when the undivided India was under the British Empire Control before the Independence of India in 1947 and the creation of a new democratic republic of India governed by the people of India with the newly found joys of complete and total freedom from the British Rule Of Law in India . Though the ugly creation of Muslim religion based Pakistan and the bloody partition Of India into two separate nations totally ruined the joys and pleasures of Freedom forever for the two nations which became sworn enemies of each other till death do us part . That was 1947 . This is August 2022 now . But we still remember the past history of India . The Jewel In The British Crown India .
I liked this epic series, but still find the characterizations annoying. The priviliged, ex-public boys and girls are the trustworthy, noble sort of British and the ex-grammar school boy is the nasty, perverted, devious kind.
Up to a point I agree, although if you look closely the public school chaps and chapesses are complacent and enabling, with a certainty that bleeds into arrogance. This is a long series, but almost all the characters get punished for their hubris eventually, especially people like Hari and Daphne, even if their story is the most sympathetic. I agree though, you are being set up to root for the lovely upper classes, when in reality most people 'beneath' them were treated with contempt. They farmed out a lot of the real work of subjugation to poorer people with fewer prospects like Merrick, taking the credit for their (heavily qualified) successes from illegal/ corrupt methods, then acting surprised when they are caught out and try and cover it up.
Without wishing to give offence, I think you may have missed the point. The book on which this is based, and the series itself, largely pin Merrick’s unfortunate and unhappy personality on a deep seated inferiority caused precisely by the elitism he encounters in India and in the UK. It turns him into a resentful, insane, dangerous and racist pervert, whilst the upper class, and largely useless, colonialists, who have turned him into what he is, rely desperately on his courage, resourcefulness and intelligence to run their empire for them, all the while despising him. What makes Merrick such a tragic figure in my view is that he is, like Hari, caught in the middle of a system. If he could see beyond his own class and race privilege in India, he would see that he is only different to the Indians in his utility to the ruling class, but he can’t, he won’t, and that contradiction destroys him.
@@williamrees6662 Spoiler notice! Agreed. Don't forget that another thing that was afflicting him was that he was struggling with his homosexuality, so he had two reasons to be hostile to the system which was doubly discrimatory towards him.
Thank goodness people who aren't low-brains judge movies according to their cinematography and their storytelling instead of their ideological tendencies.
After watching over for many years, I realized Ronald loved Daphne and never got over her death. Not sure about when he switched his orientation. I think he was cheated out of his childhood. He had strong feelings towards Daphne but didn't know how to express himself.
@@edwardhoward-williams1692 Episodes 1-11 are uploaded, but #12 The Moghul's Room; #13 Pandora's Box; and #14 Division of The Spoils are all absent from the TH-cam channel.
One of the absolutely best ever British tele series. I am so taken by the scene where Art Malik speaks out about how his character feels about India. It is most moving. And sad.
Art Malik was born in Pakistan and taken to the UK when he was three. He is almost playing himself. The character Hari Kumar went to England as a two year old.
What an amazing production. I watched this as a teen in the 80s and now watching it again in my 50s, with mature wide open eyes, much more aware of the subtext. I really only recall Merrick’s character. I felt his pain back then. Thank you for uploading.
And now in 2024 England chooses an Indian PM? Or not.
I’ve been watching this for decades and it never bores! The cast and setting and storyline are exquisite.
Yes. Thanks so much for uploading this incredible series. I think it is one of the great, profound epics of English television. I too saw it when it first came out; I was in my mid-thirties. Eventually I found the DVD set on sale. I've watched it many times over the years. I get something new from it or another detail falls into place every time I watch it. Perhaps I've learned more about India between viewings; or about the English. They are still so capable of such class distinctions and racial prejudice. But this version you've uploaded is absolutely pristine! I've never seen the series with such sharp images and brilliant colors. Truly pulls you into the action.
The actor who plays Hari is really good in the scene with Sister Ludmilla where he's telling her about his friend Colin.
Thank you so much for making the entire serial available. For years I searched for it. It was not being aired here, now it is. So now I am so happy watching the same. God bless you. Delighted by the wonderful rendition of history.
The absolute best PBS series. Among Indophiles and Anglophiles nothing got done on the evenings this was shown. On at 8 and 10 pm. Even when the Indian Music Circle had concerts, people left early. It was a like a sacrament, the loyalty was so high! The best!
One of the best mini series ever on either side of the Atlantic. Great acting, directing and writing. I remember watching it when it was 1st broadcast in America. I think it was show as part of Masterpiece Theater on PBS
I've just started re-reading the Raj Quartet - I was so pleased that they produced such a quality show from the books.
Thelsreal: I agree. It's a fantastic piece of drama, but, if you're a lower middle class English bloke, like me, it's, incredibly offensive. All the jolly good, decent folk are rich, overpriviliged ex-public school kids and the nasties are lower class grammar school chaps like Ronald and the character portrayed by Warren Clark (Sophie?). To my peers it's incredibly offensive.
@@philjamieson5572 I completely agree. Since the novel was written in 1966 there were still a lot of the old, outdated ideas of High Class vs Low Class in English Society.
@@philjamieson5572 What is nasty about Sophie? he's a very sympathetic character
@@glen7318 Sophie treats Guy terribly (and persuades others to do so) on his arrival, merely because he suspects (wrongly) that Guy is one of Ronald's stooges. He has no grounds for this nastiness.
I was very young when I watched this series in the states. I was not famiiar with the books at all. I remember being confused in that the first two episodes were about Daphne Manners. Then her storyline just vanished and the second storyline was all about the Laytons. It wasn't until a decade later that I realized the series covered just part of a series of novels. I really liked the first two episodes. I did like the rest of the series as well but was take the most with the first two. Thank you for posting these episodes.
Shane you can listen to the serialisation of the whole set of books right now, on Radio 4 ... but maybe only if you're in the UK. Not sure, but it was recorded in 2007/8. You can get the Jewel in the Crown on audible.co.uk. -- 21 hours worth, for the one book. The others haven't been recorded as yet.
I fell in 'love' with Charles Dance when it first aired in the US. Even wrote to the man and got a signed photo back in the mail. I must admit I was obsessed with this series. So well done!
Same - I was obsessed with the series and the books, reading them slowly over one summer and savoring them, always looking forward to picking up where I’d left off after dinner.
What a wonderful critique of the human condition! The only thing better is The Raj Quartet by Paul Scott. BBC did a wonderful adaptation. Scott's novel, via a historical allegory, revealed the fundamental truth about ambition; there is only fantasy. I just watched the whole series...AGAIN!
wasn't the BBC.. I think it was Granada......
I was watching this series in the 1980s when I was a high school student. Now, after this period, I am watching this serial again. The same feeling, but without my parents who died several years ago.
I'm currently rereading the books on which this this wonderful series was based: The Raj Quartet novels by Paul Scott. If you can get hold of them, I can't recommend them more highly. The two great and time - resisting virtues of The Raj Quartet novels - which are also embodied in the series - are, first, the extraordinary range of characters, and, second, their powerful description of the last days of British India, which have now slipped quietly away into history. It seems strange that everything that's so skilfully portrayed in the books and in the series actually took place less than 100 years ago, during WWII.
Love from Amanda in Australia ❤️
Funny, I'm reading tje books right now as well. Have just started "The Tower of Silence". Greetings from Germany
Dear Andrea, aren't they brilliant, the books I mean? Have you got the whole set? I'm reading 'The Day of The Scorpion' right now, which is the second book in the series. I think I would give anything to be able to write like Paul Scott, he just describes everything so well, doesn't he? Is 'The Tower of Silence' the final book in the series? That's the one in which poor Miss Batchelor is accused by Mrs Layton of making lesbian advances towards her daughters, isn't it? Accusations that are completely untrue, of course. Have I got the right book? What do you think of the books from a German perspective, if you don't mind me asking ? Love from Amanda in Australia
@@amandajones6481 Dear Amanda, yes Paul Scott's writing is really brillant. He gives his characters a depth that you hardly find in other historical novels. The fourth book in the series is A Division of the Spoils and there is also a sequel called Staying On which deals with the Smalleys who have remained in India after the Independence. I can recommend that as well.
Greetings from Andrea
@@andreaadil4118 Dear Andrea, I haven't read 'Staying On' but I saw the film ages ago and I must get the book. I've got all the Raj Quartet novels, except for the first one which I lent to someone and never got back! The film of 'Staying On' is available on TH-cam, so I'm planning on watching it in the next few days. Warm Regards, Amanda Jones in Melbourne, Australia ❤️
I got the whole set and started reading it again. I fell in love with this BBC series the first time I watched it.
i watched this series in 1980's China..looking back can't believe how magical a show like this was aired on China national TV station. what an enterntainment what an enlightenment.
I like Art Malik. I first saw him in "A Passage to India", wish is one of my favorite movies.
I love these series even better than the book.
Some scenes are so real. Great actors, perfect locations, intriguing story. Very best entertainment
My heart has been longing for a series like this one
Excellent storytelling and character and relationship development
where one can see the human condition in all its glory
Superb acting.
Love it. Thanks for posting
Margaret Farquhar: it's certainly an excellent series, but, to someone, like myself who was brought up in a lower middle-class setting, the demonisation of the grammar school boy, Ronald, is offensive. This is especially so, given that all the decent folk are over-proviliged, smug, ex private school kids. The portrayal of working class guy, Sophie as a pantomime villain is simply grotesque. This series only ages well if you're from a particular background.
@@philjamieson5572 I am American so maybe I got it wrong. But to my eyes, all the young white Englishmen (except Daphne) were portrayed as shallow, ill-mannered young people dependent on their unearned privileged place in society. I felt Sophie was a homosexual with a wicked sense of humor using subversion to tweak uptight Englishmen. Merrick and Hari were two faces of the same coin, both tragic figures whose educations were at odds with their backgrounds so both were unable to fit into British society anywhere. I did not see lower class Britons as being portrayed in patronising ways. Indeed, Scott himself came from a similar background due to his father's financial difficulties. I've seen the whole series and read all four novels.
@4Topwood agreed. I am a non-white person from a former British colony and definitely not into shows that glamourise colonisation and the whole British Raj thing. The majority of the upper class/military elite people in TJITC are messed up: deluded, hanging on with their fingernails to a fading "glory," petty.
Superb series, the writing and acting are first rate. Great to be able to see it so long after it aired.
Many thanks for the upload.
Greatest series of them all.
Great to be able to watch the movie after reading Scott's grandiose book saga!
Daniel Evans, thank you for the post and taking us back to the period. Informative and heart touching.
Just finished watching the series and was sad when episode 14 finished so I thought I'd start watching the series all over again!
Thanks for watching, have you seen Staying On yet?
th-cam.com/video/1JhyTPeHKzg/w-d-xo.html
This was the fifth book written by Paul Scott and follows a couple who stayed on in Pankot post independence. Ironically although the last book, it was filmed by Granada before Jewel in the Crown.
Haven,t seen this since the mid 80s. Mentioned at a dinner party last night and found on You Tube. Remarkable series...will probably take tomorrow off to watch the whole thing!! Half my life since I saw this!
@@dme9161 I have seen that one. Thanks. I need to watch again.
Hope TH-cam has as clear and good a copy of all of Brideshead Revisited.
@@rharvey2124 bridgehead revisited, another granada classic
My dad actually acted in this movie; he was a boy called "Ashok"
the little boy in the churchyard that Barbie hires?
@@yakkityyak9336no i think he was a Muslim iirc.
I adored this. The lead girl is incredibly likeable. Thoroughly enjoyable.
Excellent series...And Art Malik...swoon worthy.
I remember being so smitten with him when the series was first in PBS :-)
Great show! Remember watching this on MT back in the 1980s with my family.
I also in 1985,86.in my. first colour TV
Never tire of this, thanks
great .... keep it up please .... Keep it up ....
Thanks to whoever posted this into YT. Great series.
I remember how beautiful Daphne was. Thank God, characters in the series don't get old.
I've been looking for this Jewel in the Crown for years. Thank you so much for uploading it!
At last, thank you!
Ohh, thank you so much for sharing.
Just finished the first book. Paul Scott was quite the writer.
Thank you … I finally found it!
Fantastic series. Great acting and scenes of India.
thank you for uploading this!
Another British tv good cast
The book was terrific, and so is this adaptation.
Thanks for uploading the series.
Brilliant. Thank you!
thank you for posting these
Thank you very much 👏❤️👏❤️
Many thanks Daniel. Wonderful series and great quality.
Lady Chattergee totally makes this movie!!!!! As does Art Malik (true lies, the far pavilions).💕💕💕🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
The Jewel in the Crown get's my vote for either the best mini-series ever, or possibly a tie with "Brideshead Revisited." I love the opening theme, and the closing, to contrast to the British march, was always Indian music, which was a brilliant idea.
I'm pretty sure this was the first thing in which I saw Judy Parfitt, who has become one of my favorite actresses. Of course there are other actors who I recognize but don't remember all the names.
Thank you. A masterpiece ❤
Thank you loved this series
At the moment The Raj Quartet is on BBC 4 Extra. Different cast and slightly different emphasis. Definitely worth a listen for a different tone
@@fergusanderson5854 thank you Fergus , but I don't have access to regular tv channels , only youtube
@@christineaygin6701 not TV.
Radio ... it is on BBC Sounds.
U should ba able to get it anywhere in the world
@@fergusanderson5854 lol , thanks
When the sharing of a picture meant something special.
Wonderful, thanks for sharing.
For some reason I got interested in the Raj and wanted to experience what it was like back in those days. I’ve heard plenty about how colonialism was bad, I want to see some that show the British mindset from the time.
Thanks a lot sir a wonderful adaptation mastefully made please upload the remaining episodes...
This is my lifetime best episod
I am glad it's available, thank God and thank you.. You made my day. ❤
Thanks for response❤❤❤
Tim Piggott Smith (rip) stellar talent.
Absolutely. He deserved every accolade he received for playing one of the most despicable characters ever filmed.
Thanks loved this series
Hari and Daphane, a love story for all time.
Thank you for this upload..
Anyone notice how the news reel at the beginning refers to "the threat of violent non-violence from Gandhi?" He spun that so hard I got whiplash.
Because whilst Ghandi himself preached nonviolence, a lot of his supporters did not.
@@jacobduggan8008 Yes...but what is the meaning of "violent non-violence"?
The British were so "non violent" in India 😂
The Non violence was directed at driving the British out of India....
Maravilhosa série. Sim, é Charles Dance.❤
The fascinating British Raj
Daphne is such a nice woman!
Is Charles Dance playing in this movie? I came here to see him.
Yes
He isn't in the first part, he comes in later.
Sir can you pls upload episode 6 as it is not in playlist
All episodes have been uploaded to TH-cam. However due to copyright claims not all episodes are visible in all countries.
@@dme9161 ohk thanx😊
I saw this on history channel when i was in 6th or 7th standard. Very old memories. Thanx for uploading
Woww i've been watching this in the 80's in israeli tv with hebrew translation. I had such a pleasure watching the cast playing there role so fine . Where can i find it in hebrew translation?
Me too - גם אני
30:13 Too bad Merrick didn't go after Daphne's hospital coworker instead of Daphne, since she thought more like he did, and seemed to think Daphne was lucky he liked her, but then again he wanted the Manners' social status.
I am not sure Merrick's interest in Daphne was due primarily to her status as a relation of Lady Manners. I think it had to do more with her being alone in the world (as far as having no immediate family) and therefore more vulnerable. Also, she was receptive to experiences outside the very narrow scope of her class, unlike the other British young people in her social circle (all of whom were so shallow). There was more to Merrick than his overwhelming feelings of social inferiority and repressed homosexuality. That's what makes him so fascinating. His darkness and his depth.
@@4Topwood
You put that perfectly Ann, I've always wondered about Merrick's suppressed homosexuality, but there is a lot more to him than that. He is a very dark and dangerous character, whose darkness always seems to be simmering just below the surface. Do you think, as I do, that Merrick is really attracted to Hari Kumar, not to Daphne? You noticed that Ronald Merrick doesn't take any real interest in Daphne until he sees her talking to Hari Kumar. By the way, wasn't Tim Piggott Smith perfect in his role as Ronald Merrick? He seems to have completely understood Merrick and who he was. I remember seeing this series on TV, here in Australia, back in the very early 1980's when I was only 11 or 12. So it's very different seeing it now, at the age of 53. I was worried that I would find it outdated now, but it's not at all. The cast and the acting are so good that the series transcends time. Thank you for sharing your comment, what you wrote really made me think about Merrick's character. Love from Amanda in Melbourne, Australia
@@amandajones6481 I just now saw your reply. I have Notifications turned in but it doesn't seem to be working. So sorry.
Yes, I think you nailed it. Merrick takes an interest in Kumar at the first meeting. We could almost say he "selects" him. The when he realizes Daphne knows Kumar, that seals the deal. It is then he begins to pursue Daphne. (Remember, Merrick and Daphne are already what I would call "nodding acquaintances". She passes his truck carrying Kumar to headquarters and waves at Merrick. But Merrick only becomes interested in her later--when Kumar enters the picture.)
Tim Piggot-Smith's portrayal of Merrick was brilliant! And he also had a terrific range, able to play characters quite different from Merrick. Have you seen the Midsomer Murders episode, "Days of Misrule"? He's excellent in it. We lost him much too soon. RIP.
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I love the part with auntie bashing off here and there and the happy times of falling in love. I think I’ll play all the good parts and skip the sad bits. Drinking nimbu pani. Dancing. Eating dinner at aunties beautiful house. Rajput princess!🥰🥰🥰🕉🕉🕉
Yes it's so cute the way she's always saying "bashing off..."
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Rest In Peace Om Puri.
The Undivided Subcontinent Of India before the division and partition of India into two separate nations based on religion based politics was indeed the undisputed Jewel In The Crown Of The Powerful British Empire . The Sun Never Sets On The British Empire was the famous slogan of those times when the undivided India was under the British Empire Control before the Independence of India in 1947 and the creation of a new democratic republic of India governed by the people of India with the newly found joys of complete and total freedom from the British Rule Of Law in India . Though the ugly creation of Muslim religion based Pakistan and the bloody partition Of India into two separate nations totally ruined the joys and pleasures of Freedom forever for the two nations which became sworn enemies of each other till death do us part . That was 1947 . This is August 2022 now . But we still remember the past history of India . The Jewel In The British Crown India .
I dont understand why I cant view ep. 13 and 14?
There's a copyright claim against my uploads hence viewing certain episodes is banned sorry
Will the last 3 episodes ever be available?
Yes
thank you
Tim Piggott-Smith died in 2017.
RIP
He was wonderful actor.
@@4Topwood was in V For Vendetta!
@@nhmooytis7058 He played a sympathetic character in the "Days of Misrule" episode of Midsomer Murders.
@@4Topwood terrific actor!
Sr. Ludmila seems to be based on Mother Teresa.
Not exactly. At that period, missionaries like her were quite common
What are they drinking?
Gin fizz
Nimbu pani?
The white one is lemon juice
I dare say I'm Daphne Manners....but who is Hari Kumar.....😊
that marriage proposal is just so bizarre!
Very romantic🤣
I liked this epic series, but still find the characterizations annoying. The priviliged, ex-public boys and girls are the trustworthy, noble sort of British and the ex-grammar school boy is the nasty, perverted, devious kind.
Up to a point I agree, although if you look closely the public school chaps and chapesses are complacent and enabling, with a certainty that bleeds into arrogance. This is a long series, but almost all the characters get punished for their hubris eventually, especially people like Hari and Daphne, even if their story is the most sympathetic.
I agree though, you are being set up to root for the lovely upper classes, when in reality most people 'beneath' them were treated with contempt. They farmed out a lot of the real work of subjugation to poorer people with fewer prospects like Merrick, taking the credit for their (heavily qualified) successes from illegal/ corrupt methods, then acting surprised when they are caught out and try and cover it up.
Without wishing to give offence, I think you may have missed the point. The book on which this is based, and the series itself, largely pin Merrick’s unfortunate and unhappy personality on a deep seated inferiority caused precisely by the elitism he encounters in India and in the UK. It turns him into a resentful, insane, dangerous and racist pervert, whilst the upper class, and largely useless, colonialists, who have turned him into what he is, rely desperately on his courage, resourcefulness and intelligence to run their empire for them, all the while despising him.
What makes Merrick such a tragic figure in my view is that he is, like Hari, caught in the middle of a system. If he could see beyond his own class and race privilege in India, he would see that he is only different to the Indians in his utility to the ruling class, but he can’t, he won’t, and that contradiction destroys him.
@@williamrees6662 Spoiler notice!
Agreed. Don't forget that another thing that was afflicting him was that he was struggling with his homosexuality, so he had two reasons to be hostile to the system which was doubly discrimatory towards him.
@@williamrees6662 a brilliant analysis
Flabergasted. Ashamed. And watching the forbidden love of a conqueror and a complicated emigrée.
"One waves the flag to show who it belongs to". Great days of British imperialism!
Colonialism* not imperialism
Hardly great! More like Subjugation and exploitation of a proud, rich and independent nation.
Thank goodness Paul Scott was anti-colonial and this clearly shows in his work.
Thank goodness people who aren't low-brains judge movies according to their cinematography and their storytelling instead of their ideological tendencies.
After watching over for many years, I realized Ronald loved Daphne and never got over her death. Not sure about when he switched his orientation. I think he was cheated out of his childhood. He had strong feelings towards Daphne but didn't know how to express himself.
Jeff Dalrymple So this is not the end of the story.
No way! He was a social climber and Daphne was a rung.
@@im-gi2pg Daphne reminds me of Barbie Bachelor from 'The Jewel in the Crown'. They were both more "Indian" than English.
Ronald Merrick was racist and pederastic,the villain.
He became interested in Daphne only after he saw her associating with Hari Kumar, so the fascination for him was probably the latter
Those were the days, when Britain was great
When Britannia ruled the waves?
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Nope, the whole idea is showing how horrendous the rule actually was.
Remember the old saying -- The Sun never Sets on the British Empire....
@@paillette2010 horrendously beautiful
Will the last 2 episodes ever be available?
What are the last two episodes, I thought there are only 14, there are only 14 on our DVD boxed set. Would love to know.
@@edwardhoward-williams1692 Episodes 1-11 are uploaded, but #12 The Moghul's Room; #13 Pandora's Box; and #14 Division of The Spoils are all absent from the TH-cam channel.