The Jewel in the Crown is a Drama programme.

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The Jewel in the Crown: Ordeal by Fire

Series 1, episode 6

The classic drama series set during the last days of the British Raj, a time of racial tension, stifling etiquette and suppressed desires. Teddy Bingham is killed in the Burmese jungle by the Japanese, while Captain Merrick, although injured, survives. Bingham's widow decides to visit Merrick in a Calcutta hospital to find out the truth behind Teddy's death.