Indian Summers (2015)

Genre

drama television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

2 seasons, 20 episodes

Rated

16

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The show follows British colonists and traders in Simla, India during the 1930s. It focuses on their personal and political lives as they navigate the changing dynamics of the British Raj.

periodslow-burntensemelancholicvisually lushcerebralpolitically chargedatmospheric

What happens

Indian Summers is a British drama television series that began airing on Channel 4 on 15 February 2015. The show details the events of summers spent at Simla (the summer capital of British India), in the foothills of the Himalayas, by a group of the British governing and trading community at the time of the British Raj. The first series is set in 1932. It was broadcast in several countries subsequently. The show was renewed for a second and final series on 1 March 2015. The second and final series is set in 1935 and began airing on 13 March 2016. Although initially planned by producers for five series, on 25 April 2016 it was announced that the show would not be renewed for a third series due to poor ratings and strong competition in its timeslot. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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