Jewel In the Crown Raj Quartet.

[Dee Sa]

Dont know where to post -- missed the very last rerun on ITV3 last night, fell asleep had a long day at work [7am to7pm] got up to Merricks funeral, I know Kassim dies on the train when the mob take him, but what hapoens to Sarah & Guy ?how did Merrick die, dressed up in his Patan clothes in the local market ? synopsis someone pls

[Quizmonster]

I saw your question yesterday, but we had taped the programme and so did not see it until last night. As we watched, I scribbled down a few notes, so here goes...
Guy Perron had returned to India to study the transfer of power from Britain to India itself and there have been many local riots between Hindus and Muslims.
Sarah welcomes Guy back and explains that her mother is now back in England house-hunting. Meanwhile, Merrick had returned to the State Police and had - apparently - died in a riding accident...continued

[Quizmonster]

The Nawab and Count Bronowski had to decide whether the princely state should be assimilated into the new India or not.
We learn that Hari Kumar is now offering private tuition, having been released quietly. Merrick had got off scot-free with his maltreatment/imprisonment of Hari because the racial implications would just have made political matters worse.
Susan, Merrick's widow, was convinced he had possessed Pathan clothing to enable him to dress up and spy in the bazaars more effectively. Lots of boys had visited their bungalow, ostensibly looking for servant work.
The riot situation gets worse.
Merrick had been strangled, not killed in a riding accident and the word 'Bibighar' - the name of the garden in which Daphne Manners was raped - was scrawled on the mirror. It was suspected that he had been murdered specifically to rouse racial tensions. Clearly, his Pathan clothes were just part of his homosexual, sado-masochistic lifestyle.
The train to Ranpur/Pangkot with Sarah, Guy, Ahmed Kassim, Susan and her child was stopped and attacked by Hindus. Ahmed and all other Muslims aboard were slaughtered.
Guy goes to see Hari but fails to find him, just leaving his calling-card for him.
As Independence Day approaches the riots continue. Guy flies home, but he has kissed Sarah and asked "Will we see each other again?" She replied, "What is there to see?" and he answered, "A lot." We are being invited to assume, I suppose, that they would get together again once she returns to England.
The final shot is of the "Jewel in the Crown" picture ablaze, symbolising the destruction of India.

I hope that has gone some way to putting you out of suspense!

[Dee Sa]

Quizmonster your a star, many many thanks for the trouble you took to enlighten me. I like a happy ending.
Thank you so much
Dee

[Quizmonster]

Presumably you did read the question, Noknowkedge, which quite clearly asks for a synopsis and: "What happens?" It shouldn't, therefore, have come as too great a shock to you that - with three responses listed - someone had written exactly what did happen!
But what the hey! Watch it anyway. My reply was just that...a synopsis; there was much else to enjoy.
In future, it might be wise to stay away from questions/answers you don't want to hear.

[Quizmonster]

Certainly not! You merely puzzled me, you didn't annoy me and I have no powers to "tell you off" even if you had.
The thing is...Did you enjoy the programme last night?