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S01E01: Crossing the RiverThe story begins in 1942. The Japanese are threatening to invade and Gandhi is calling on the British to quit India. In Mayapore Hari Kumar comes under suspicion of subversion by Merrick, the District Superintendent of Police. This turns to hatred when Hari begins a relationship with Daphne Manners, the object of Merrick's affections. It is the start of a chain of events binding English and Indians in a web of love, tragedy and death.
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Air Date:
Jan 09, 1984
Runtime:
106 minutes
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Casts:
Geraldine James, Art Malik, Tim Pigott-Smith, Wendy Morgan, Judy Parfitt, Rosemary Leach, Peggy Ashcroft, Geoffrey Beevers, Eric Porter, Nicholas Le Prevost, Derrick Branche, Charles Dance, Rachel Kempson, Susan Wooldridge, Saeed Jaffrey, Om Puri, Karan Kapoor
