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crew: 11
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# The Jewel in the Crown (1984): cast and crew

36 cast and 11 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Tim Pigott-Smith](https://film.one/person/tim-pigott-smith.md) as Ronald Merrick (14 episodes)
- [Geraldine James](https://film.one/person/geraldine-james.md) as Sarah Layton (12 episodes)
- [Wendy Morgan](https://film.one/person/wendy-morgan.md) as Susan Layton (11 episodes)
- [Judy Parfitt](https://film.one/person/judy-parfitt.md) as Mildred Layton (9 episodes)
- [Geoffrey Beevers](https://film.one/person/geoffrey-beevers.md) as Kevin Coley (7 episodes)
- [Peggy Ashcroft](https://film.one/person/peggy-ashcroft.md) as Barbie Batchelor (7 episodes)
- [Rosemary Leach](https://film.one/person/rosemary-leach.md) as Aunt Fenny (7 episodes)
- [Derrick Branche](https://film.one/person/derrick-branche.md) as Ahmed Kasim (6 episodes)
- [Art Malik](https://film.one/person/art-malik.md) as Hari Kumar (6 episodes)
- [Nicholas Le Prevost](https://film.one/person/nicholas-le-prevost.md) as Nigel Rowan (6 episodes)
- [Eric Porter](https://film.one/person/eric-porter.md) as Dimitri Bronowsky (6 episodes)
- [Antony Brown](https://film.one/person/antony-brown.md) as Arthur Peplow (5 episodes)
- [Charles Dance](https://film.one/person/charles-dance.md) as Guy Perron (5 episodes)
- Shreela Ghosh as Minnie (5 episodes)
- Anna Cropper as Nicky Paynton (5 episodes)
- [Rachel Kempson](https://film.one/person/rachel-kempson.md) as Lady Manners (5 episodes)
- Frederick Treves as Colonel John Layton (4 episodes)
- [Fabia Drake](https://film.one/person/fabia-drake.md) as Mabel Layton (4 episodes)
- Stephen Riddle as Dicky Beauvais (4 episodes)
- James Bree as Uncle Arthur (4 episodes)
- [Nicholas Farrell](https://film.one/person/nicholas-farrell.md) as Teddy Bingham (4 episodes)
- Marne Maitland as Pandit Baba (4 episodes)
- Carol Gillies as Clarissa Peplow (3 episodes)
- [Matyelok Gibbs](https://film.one/person/matyelok-gibbs.md) as Sister Ludmila (3 episodes)
- [Susan Wooldridge](https://film.one/person/susan-wooldridge.md) as Daphne Manners (3 episodes)
- [Saeed Jaffrey](https://film.one/person/saeed-jaffrey.md) as Ahmed Ali Gaffur Kasim Bahadur, the Nawab of Mirat (3 episodes)
- Zia Mohyeddin as Mohammad Ali 'Mak' Kasim (3 episodes)
- [Warren Clarke](https://film.one/person/warren-clarke.md) as 'Sophie' Dixon (3 episodes)
- Albert Moses as Suleiman (2 episodes)
- Ralph Arliss as Captain Samuels (2 episodes)
- Ishaq Bux as Aziz (2 episodes)
- Sheila Grant as Clara Fosdick (2 episodes)
- Leonard Trolley as Macpherson (2 episodes)
- [Stuart Wilson](https://film.one/person/stuart-wilson.md) as Jimmy Clarke (2 episodes)
- Zohra Sehgal as Lili Chatterjee (2 episodes)
- Kamini Kaushal as Aunt Shalini (2 episodes)

## Directing

- [Christopher Morahan](https://film.one/person/christopher-morahan.md): Director (7 episodes)
- [Jim O'Brien](https://film.one/person/jim-obrien.md): Director (1 episodes)

## Writing

- [Paul Scott](https://film.one/person/paul-scott.md): Writer (14 episodes)
- [Irene Shubik](https://film.one/person/irene-shubik.md): Writer (14 episodes)
- [Ken Taylor](https://film.one/person/ken-taylor.md): Writer (14 episodes)

## Production

- [Milly Preece](https://film.one/person/milly-preece.md): Associate Producer, Producer (14 episodes)
- Denis Forman: Executive Producer (14 episodes)
- [Christopher Morahan](https://film.one/person/christopher-morahan.md): Producer (14 episodes)

## Camera

- [Ray Goode](https://film.one/person/ray-goode.md): Director of Photography (14 episodes)

## Editing

- [Edward Mansell](https://film.one/person/edward-mansell.md): Editor (14 episodes)

## Sound and music

- [George Fenton](https://film.one/person/george-fenton.md): Music (14 episodes)

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