The end of an empire. The birth of two nations.
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.
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
Lily Travers
Lady Pamela Hicks
Simon Williams
Archie Wavell
Arunoday Singh
Asif
Sarah-Jane Dias
Sameera
