TV Guide: Jewel in the Crown

Video: The Travelling Companions

Amazon Video on Demand — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Sarah and Guy have met in Bombay and on August 6 1945, Barbie lies in hospital in Ranpur as Sarah and her Father travel to Pankot for his home-coming. There are other travellers too, who make the journey north: two old school fellows and a recently promoted Lt Colonel. A number of questions need to be answered too, about loyalty; whether Merrick has finally met his match in Guy and whether it is time for another marriage.

Video: An Evening at the Maharanee's

Amazon Video on Demand — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

It is 1945. Colonel Layton has been released from prison camp and after visiting Barbie in hospital, Sarah goes to Bombay to welcome him home. Also in Bombay, is Sergeant Guy Perron, of Military Intelligence, quickly drawn by Major Ronald Merrick, D.S.O., into a web of intrigue, a web not only to catch traitors, but which binds the Laytons too. At a strange party, Guy widens his circle of friends, with far reaching consequences..

Video: The Moghul Room

Amazon Video on Demand — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

News of the end of the war reaches Pankot. Merrick who has blackmailed an orderly to gain access to Susan's records, is recalled to Delhi. Perron, who knows of the blackmail, is demobilised. Sara supervises the arrangements, and as they talk of Hari Kumar they are drawn together in the deserted summer residence and make love.

Video: Daughters Of The Regiment

Amazon Video on Demand — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

While visiting the wounded Ronald Merrick in Calcutta, Sarah meets Jimmy Clark who later challenges many of the values by which she lives. In Pankot another daughter of the regiment confesses her own act of rebellion long ago.

Video: The Towers of Silence

Amazon Video on Demand — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Susan's baby has been rescued from the ring of fire that nearly engulfed him, but how did that awful moment leave Susan? Barbie embarks on a generous mission but is turned back by an appalling discovery. Meanwhile, the Laytons have moved into Rose Cottage, but the shadow of events in Calcutta darkens this home-coming.

Video: Incidents at a Wedding

Amazon Video on Demand — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The hasty arrangements for Susan and Teddie's wedding are threatened, but Ronald Merrick provides a solution. The Layton family gathers in the princely state of Mirat as guests of its ruler, the Nawab, who may even attend the wedding. However, what should be a happy occassion, is overshadowed by unexplained incidents.

Video: Questions of Loyalty

Amazon Video on Demand — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Hari, still keeping his promise of silence, remains in prison and Daphne has been prevented from seeing him, regardless of the scandal and the risks. Daphne is determined to give birth to the child she believes is Hari's. On the lakes of Kashmir the sound of a baby crying arouses the curiosity of Sarah Layton - a daughter of the regiment. And in the princely state of Mirat, Teddie Bingham is asked by an ex-policeman to keep a secret.

Video: The Division Of The Spoils

Amazon Video on Demand — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Guy Peron discovers the horrific details of Captain Merrick's death. Whilst he and the rest of the party travel to Ranpur for the independence celebrations, the train is beseiged and the Ahmed Kasim and other Muslims are killed. Peron returns to Mirat to break the news and tries unsuccessfully to meet Hari Kumar.

Video: The Day Of The Scorpion

Amazon Video on Demand — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Sara returns from Calcutta, finding Barbie moving out of Rose Cottage, and Susan is very tense with her new baby - Susan puts the baby in a ring of fire from which he is saved by his nurse. Captain Merrick returns to Pancot.

Video: The Bibighar Gardens

Amazon Video on Demand — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

It is now August 1942. In Mayapore, Daphne and Hari have been drawn closer together despite warnings from Ronald Merrick. Daphne and Hari quarrel and the divide between them is seemingly unbridgeable. On a night of rioting and protest Daphne has not returned home - Merrick seraches for her with more than official zeal. Meanwhile Daphne finds herself drawn towards the darkness of the Bibighar Gardens and its ghosts.

Video: The Regimental Silver

Amazon Video on Demand — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Susan and Teddie's wedding day is a happy one, except perhaps for the strange attack on the car taking Ronald Merrick and Teddie to the church. Merrick comes to apologise to Sarah and explain the connections between Mirat and Mayapore where Daphne was attacked. What happened on the night of the Bibighar haunts Lady Manners too.

Video: Ordeal by Fire

Amazon Video on Demand — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

In Pankot, Sarah had to break the news of Teddie's death to Susan and later they learn together of the great bravery shown in an attempt to save his life.Sarah embarks on a journey to bring comfort to a wounded man and in Calcutta comes face to face with the war and its pain.

Video: Pandora's Box

Amazon Video on Demand — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

In August 1947 Guy Perron returns to India on the eve of independence to observe the last days of British rule. He discovers that Merrick had married Susan but has subsequently been killed in a riding accident. Perron questions Nigel about Merrick and discovers he was murdered.

Video: Crossing the River

Amazon Video on Demand — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The story begins in 1942. The Japanese, having conquered Burma, are threatening to invade and Gandhi is calling on the British to quit India. In Mayapore, a young man, Hari Kumar is arrested and across the river that divides the city, Daphne Manners has arrived from England. It is the start of a chain of events binding English and Indians in a web of love, tragedy and death. At the centre is Ronald Merrick, district Superintendent of Police, a guardian of the British Empire of which India is "The Jewel in the Crown."