Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

British TV series or program

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 (1986-01-26) –
March 2, 1986 (1986-03-02)

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.

## Main cast[edit]

* 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

## See also[edit]

* List of artistic depictions of Mahatma Gandhi

## References[edit]

1. ^ BFI.org

## External links[edit]

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy at IMDb

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