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Classic Serial: The Raj Quartet

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

1/9. The Jewel in the Crown. Daphne Manners arrives in Mayapore and meets two men who are to change her life: Hari Kumar and Ronald Merrick. Four novels charting the last days of the British Raj in India as the Second World War leads inevitably towards independence, written by Paul Scott. This first episode is dramatised for radio by John Harvey.
Other parts played by Helen Lonqworth , Robert Hastie , Emily Wachter and Stephen Hogan
Music by Raiomond Mirza ; Producer/Director Sally Avens Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Hari Kumar
Unknown:
Ronald Merrick.
Written By:
Paul Scott.
Unknown:
John Harvey.
Played By:
Helen Lonqworth
Played By:
Robert Hastie
Played By:
Emily Wachter
Played By:
Stephen Hogan
Music By:
Raiomond Mirza
Daphne:
Anna Maxwell Martin
Ronald:
Mark Bazeley
Hari:
Prasanna Puwanarajah
Lily:
Josephine Welcome
Sister Ludmilla:
Susan Engel
DrDeSouza:
Kulvinder Ghlr
Miss Crane:
Phylllda Law
Dr Klaus:
Susan Jameson
Poulson:
John Rowe
Sgt Singh:
Ravin J Ganatra
Gupta:
Ravin J Ganatra
Source: Radio Times

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