Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
| Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Historical drama |
| Written by | David Butler Alan Campbell-Johnson |
| Directed by | Tom Clegg |
| Starring | Nicol Williamson Janet Suzman |
| Composer | John Scott |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Judith de Paul |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | January 26 – March 2, 1986 |
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy is a British television series which first aired on ITV in 1986. It depicts Lord Mountbatten's time as Supreme Commander, South-East Asia in the Second World War, and then as Viceroy of India shortly after the war in the days leading up to Indian independence.[1] The film was shot in India. Originally it was planned that a few parts would be shot in Sri Lanka, but due to the Sri Lankan civil war, this plan was revised.
Main cast
- Nicol Williamson ... Lord Mountbatten
- Janet Suzman ... Lady Mountbatten
- Dreya Weber ... Lady Pamela Hicks
- Wendy Hiller ... Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
- A.K. Hangal ... Vallabhbhai Patel
- Owen Holder ... King George VI
- David Lyon ... Lt Col Vernon Erskine-Crum
- Patrick Allen ... Claude Auchinleck
- Michael Byrne ... George Abell
- Sam Dastor ... Mahatma Gandhi
- Derek Reed... Patrick Spens
- Nigel Davenport ... Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
- David Quilter ... Alan Campbell Johnson
- Ian Richardson ... Jawaharlal Nehru
- Nadim Sawalha ... Liaquat Ali Khan
- Tony Wredden ... Maulana Azad
- Saloni Kaur ... Indira Gandhi (née Nehru)
- Sumant Mastakar ... C. Rajagopalachari
- Nitin Sethi ... Rajendra Prasad
- John Rolfe ... Clement Attlee
- Zia Mohyeddin ... V. P. Menon
- Vladek Sheybal ... Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- Jeremy Sinden ... Ronald Brockman
- Nana Patekar ...Nathuram Godse
- Malcolm Terris ... Winston Churchill
- Minnie Boga ... Amrit Kaur
- Roger Hammond ... Cyril Radcliffe
- Sushma Seth ... Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
- Villoo Kapadia ... Fatima Jinnah
See also
References
External links
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy at IMDb
Categories:
- 1980s British drama television series
- ITV television dramas
- 1986 British television series debuts
- 1986 British television series endings
- British historical television series
- Films shot in Sri Lanka
- Television shows set in India
- Television shows set in England
- Television shows set in the British Raj
- Cultural depictions of George VI
- Cultural depictions of Jawaharlal Nehru
- Cultural depictions of Mahatma Gandhi
- Cultural depictions of Indira Gandhi
- Cultural depictions of Winston Churchill
- Cultural depictions of Lord Mountbatten
- Cultural depictions of Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- Cultural depictions of Vallabhbhai Patel
- Partition of India in fiction
- Works about the Mahatma Gandhi assassination
- Films directed by Tom Clegg (director)
- British television show stubs