Imprint:[United States] : PBS Distribution, 2015.
Description:5 videodiscs (740 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Note:Based on The Raj quartet by Paul Scott (The Jewel in the Crown; The Day of the Scorpion; The Towers of Silence ; A Division of the Spoils).
Note:Originally aired on American television in 1984.
Note:Special features: Remastered; Commentary with Art Malik and Tim Pigott-Smith on episode 1`; Commentary with Geraldine James and Charles Dance on episode 13 & 14; Director's commentary on episode.
Note:1. Crossing the River -- 2. The Bibigar Gardens -- 3. Questions of Loyalty -- 4. Incidents at a Wedding - 5. Regimental Silver -- 6. Ordeal by Fire -- 7. tDaughters of the Regiment -- 8. The Day of the Scorpion -- 9. Towers of Silence -- 10. An Evening at the Mahranee's -- 11. Travelling Companions -- 12. The Moghul Room -- 13. Pandora's Box -- 14. The Division of the Spoils.
Performers:Tim Pigott-Smith, Susan Wooldridge, Art Malik ; host: Alistair Cooke.
Note:Hailed by critics as one of the most thoughtful and important TV dramas ever, the sweeping fourteen-part remastered adaptation of Paul Scott's Raj Quartet is the story of the men and women of both ruling and ruled classes of WWII India, trying amidst the turmoil to come to terms with the drastic changes taking place around them, knowing that their lives will never be the same again.
Audience:Rating: TV14.
Note:Digital video disc; full screen (4x3) presentation; mono sound.
LanguageClosed-captioned.
