| Edition |
Remastered anniversary edition. |
| Description |
5 videodiscs (approximately 14.5 hrs.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical mono rda |
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video file DVD video rda |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, full screen (4x3) presentation, mono sound. |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional English SDH subtitles. |
| Cast |
Tim Pigott-Smith, Susan Wooldridge, Art Malik. |
| Performer |
Host: Alistair Cooke. |
| Note |
Based on The Raj quartet by Paul Scott (The Jewel in the Crown; The Day of the Scorpion; The Towers of Silence ; A Division of the Spoils). |
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Special features: Remastered; Commentary with Art Malik and Tim Pigott-Smith on episode ̀1; Commentary with Geraldine James and Charles Dance on episode 13 & 14; Director's commentary on episode. |
| Contents |
1. Crossing the River -- 2. The Bibighar Gardens -- 3. Questions of Loyalty -- 4. Incidents at a Wedding -- 5. The Regimental Silver -- 6. Ordeal by Fire -- 7. Daughters of the Regiment -- 8. The Day of the Scorpion -- 9. The Towers of Silence -- 10. An Evening at the Maharanee's -- 11. Travelling Companions -- 12. The Moghul Room -- 13. Pandora's Box -- 14. A Division of the Spoils. |
| Summary |
Hailed by critics as one of the most thoughtful and important TV dramas ever, the sweeping fourteen-part remastered adaptation of Paul Scott's Raj Quartet is the story of the men and women of both ruling and ruled classes of WWII India, trying amidst the turmoil to come to terms with the drastic changes taking place around them, knowing that their lives will never be the same again. |
| Audience |
Rating: TV14. |
| Subject |
Culture conflict -- Drama.
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Decolonization -- Drama.
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India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 -- Drama.
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India -- Politics and government -- 1919-1947 -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Television mini-series.
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Fiction television programs.
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Historical television programs.
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Television adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Pigott-Smith, Tim, actor.
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Wooldridge, Susan, actor.
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Malik, Art, actor.
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Television adaptation of (work): Scott, Paul, 1920-1978.
Raj quartet.
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| Added Title |
Masterpiece theatre (Television program)
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| ISBN |
9781627891660 |
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1627891668 |
| Standard No. |
841887022958 |
| Music No. |
JWCR600 PBS Distribution |
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