Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.3 / 5.0

DECLINE OF THE BRITISH RAJ AND THE RISE OF INDEPENDENT INDIA:

This powerful and moving eight part miniseries has lost none of its impact since it was first aired nearly twenty years ago. Highly acclaimed, it won numerous awards. Beautifully filmed on location in India, England, and Wales, it is a highly atmospheric and complex drama, redolent of the flavor of the turbulent years just before India gained its independence from British rule.

The story begins in 1942, and through its memorable characters, both British and Indian, it masterfully weaves a tapestry of... more info

A stirring glimpse into the last days of the Raj:

For me, watching an entire series by myself, The Jewel in the Crown, based on The Raj Quartet by Paul Scott, was a guilty pleasure. Pleasure because it was excellent in the tradition of the best of British, and guilty because it filled the greater part of eight videocassettes, for a total of 750 minutes. I felt slightly less decadent than I might have because I watched it on library copies.

The story invokes the tumultuous last days of the British raj in India. Although it is perceived from a British... more info

Long Sad Story With An Unhappy Ending:

Very involving drama circulating around a number of characters in the last years of British rule in India. The plot never telegraphs its destinations, which keeps the story somewhat disorienting, and nothing quite resolves, if it resolves at all, the way I expected. A good reminder of how Hollywood films tend to predictability. JITC is not Hollywood and gives more the feel of life and its genuine uncertainties. It's challenging because of the number of characters and the complexities of the relationships,... more info

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