Indian Summers

About Indian Summers

Epic drama set in the summer of 1932 where India dreams of independence, but the British are clinging to power. Set against the sweeping grandeur of the Himalayas and tea plantations of Northern India, the drama tells the rich and explosive story of the decline of the British Empire and the birth of modern India, from both sides of the experience.

Indian Summers is a drama series made for Channel 4. Julie Walters leads the cast as Cynthia Coffin, Henry Lloyd-Hughes as Ralph Whelan, Nikesh Patel as Aafrin Dalal, and Jemima West as Alice Whelan.

Its 2 seasons and 20 episodes were broadcast from February 2015 to May 2016. That is around 10 episodes a season.

Members will find 1930s, india, class differences, and adultery in it. In the United States it streams on PBS, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel, and Thirteen.

Upstairs Downstairs, Peaky Blinders, and Taboo make useful companions to Indian Summers, all filed under period drama.