Viceroy's House

Synopsis

In 1947, Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people, living upstairs at the house which was the home of British rulers, whilst 500 Hindu, Muslim and Sikh servants lived downstairs.

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Cast

Hugh Bonneville

Lord Mountbatten

Gillian Anderson

Edwina Mountbatten

Michael Gambon

General Hastings Ismay

Manish Dayal

Jeet

Huma Qureshi

Aalia

David Hayman

Ewart

Simon Callow

Cyril Radcliffe

Om Puri

Ali Rahim Noor

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Lady Pamela Hicks

Simon Williams

Archie Wavell

Arunoday Singh

Asif

Sarah-Jane Dias

Sameera

Lucy Fleming

Lady Wavell

Marcus Jean Pirae

Alan Campbell Johnson