JEWEL IN THE CROWN, THE, EPISODE 12: THE MOGHUL ROOM (TV)

Summary

Part twelve of this epic fourteen-part drama which chronicles the final turbulent years of English rule in India from 1942-1947. Based on author Paul Scott's "The Raj Quartet," this mini-series concentrates on the intricate personal relationships of British and Indian characters against the backdrop of India's struggle to assert its sovereignty from the declining British Empire. In the twelfth episode, "The Moghul Room," which takes place in 1945, word of the Japanese surrender reaches Pankot. While he rooms at a medical annex, Guy Perron is told a story by medical orderly Sophie Dixon about how Ronald Merrick blackmailed a homosexual soldier into allowing him to steal Susan Bingham's psychiatric records.

Perron reads the Hari Kumar file which is given to him by Nigel Rowan. Mohammed Ali Kasim speaks with Ronald Merrick regarding his son Sayed, who is incarcerated for his involvement with the INA, and meets with Sayed as well, who encourages his father to denounce India's Hindu Congress and become a part of the Muslim League. The elder Kasim, however, refuses to accept an India that is polarized between Indians and Muslims. Exalted over his demobilization (and liberation from the ominous specter of Merrick's dominion), Perron and Sarah Layton spend the afternoon together making love, before he leaves Pankot.

(This series also aired on PBS under the umbrella of "Mobil Masterpiece Theatre" from December 16, 1984 through March 17, 1985.)

Details

NETWORK: Granada (United Kingdom)
DATE: November 30, 1983
RUNNING TIME: 0:52:23
COLOR/B&W: Color
CATALOG ID: T86:1242
GENRE: Drama
SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; India - History - Drama; International Collection - United Kingdom
SERIES RUN: Granada (United Kingdom) - TV series, 1984
COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

Denis Forman … Executive Producer
Christopher Morahan … Producer
Milly Preece … Associate Producer
Jim O'Brien … Director
Irene Shubik … Series devised by
Lesley Beames … Researcher
Paul Scott … Writer, Based on "The Raj Quartet" by
Ken Taylor … Adapted by
George Fenton … Composer
Charles Dance … Cast, Guy Perron
Geoffrey Beevers … Cast, Kevin Coley
Tim Pigott-Smith … Cast, Ronald Merrick
Albert Moses … Cast, Suleiman
Warren Clarke … Cast, Sophie Dixon
Richard Tolan … Cast, Lance Corporal Pinker
Ralph Arliss … Cast, Captain Samuels
Bhaskar … Cast, a Muslim Boy
Le Prevost, Nicholas … Cast, Nigel Rowan
Judy Parfitt … Cast, Mildred Layton
Geraldine James … Cast, Sarah Layton
Frederick Treves … Cast, Colonel Layton
Wendy Morgan … Cast, Susan Bingham
Derrick Branche … Cast, Ahmed Kasim
Paul Anil … Cast, Mehboob
Zia Mohyeddin … Cast, Mohammed Ali Kasim
Salmaan Peer … Cast, Sayed Kasim
Arthur Brown … Cast, Arthur Peplow
Leslie Grantham … Cast, the Signals Sergeant
Stephen Mallatratt … Cast, the M.O.