The Jewel in the Crown

Created by Irene Shubik, Paul Scott

On ITV1

A stately, novelistic period miniseries that uses a false accusation to interrogate identity, colonial power, and moral complicity during the twilight of the British Raj.

In India, during the final years of British rule in World War II, an unjust arrest for rape sets off questions of identity and personal responsibility being explored against a background of war and personal intrigue.