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The Jewel in the Crown

The Jewel in the Crown is a British television drama series produced by Granada Television for ITV and based on the Raj Quartet[?] novels by Paul Scott[?].

The programme was shot on location in India on 16mm film. The difficulties of storing film in tropical conditions may account for its grainy picture quality. Fortunately the strength of the storyline tends to outweigh its technical limitations.

The series is often mentioned in the same breath as Brideshead Revisited, and since both programmes were made by the same company reruns of both series usually turn up on the same channel.

The series made stars of Art Malik[?] and Charles Dance[?]. Other leading actors included Peggy Ashcroft[?] (who won the BAFTA Best TV Actress award for her performance]]), Tim Pigott-Smith[?], Geraldine James[?] and Judy Parfitt[?]. However, the complexities of the plot ensured that no one character was at the centre of the action throughout, and none appeared in every one of the episodes.

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