Written and compiled by GERALD ROBERTS and narrated by Brian Matthew
In 1847 a new Governor-General came to India - Lord Dalhousie, a fanatically hard-working Scottish aristocrat bent on extending the borders of his sovereign's empire. First on his list of territories to be seized was Oude, ruled by an effete poet-king who spent his time flying kites and watching animals locked in combat, in the company of dissolute women.
With ERIC ALLAN , STEPHEN BATEMHN , MICHAEL BILTON , JAMES BRYCE ,
NIGEL GRAHAM , MONICA GREY , SAEED JAFFREY , ANDREW MACLACHLAN.
DAVID MARKHAM , RENU SETNA , DINO SHAFEEK and BRETT USHER
Directed by JOHN CARDY