Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

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 Sri Lanka.

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 episodes
Production
Producer	Judith de Paul
Running time	50 minutes
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	January 26 – March 2, 1986

Main cast

• Nicol Williamson ... Lord Louis Mountbatten
• Janet Suzman ... Edwina Mountbatten
• Dreya Weber ... Pamela Mountbatten
• Wendy Hiller ... Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
• A.K. Hangal ... Sardar 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 Abul Kalam 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

References

1. BFI.org

External links

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy at IMDb