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Daphne Manners arrives in Mayapore and meets two men who will change her life. Starring Anna Maxwell Martin and Mark Bazeley.

Daphne Manners arrives in Mayapore and meets two men who are to change her life: Hari Kumar and Ronald Merrick.

The last days of the British Raj in India as the Second World War leads inevitably towards independence.

Paul Scott's classic series of novels dramatised by John Harvey.

Daphne Manners ...... Anna Maxwell Martin
Ronald Merrick ...... Mark Bazeley
Hari Kumar ...... Prasanna Puwanarajah
Lily Chatterji ...... Josephine Welcome
Sister Ludmilla ...... Susan Engel
Dr De Souza ...... Kulvinder Ghir
Miss Edwina Crane ...... Phyllida Law
Dr Anna Klaus ...... Susan Jameson
Poulson ...... John Rowe
Sergeant Singh ...... Ravin J Ganatra

Other parts played by:

Helen Longworth
Robert Hastie
Emily Wachter
Stephen Hogan

Music by Raiomond Mirza.

Director: Sally Avens.

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in April 2005.

1 hour

Last on

Tue 17 May 2022 03:00

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