The Jewel in the Crown
E290261
British television series
period drama television series
television adaptation
television drama series
The Jewel in the Crown is a critically acclaimed British television drama series set during the final years of the British Raj in India, adapted from Paul Scott’s Raj Quartet novels.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Jewel in the Crown canonical | 11 |
| The Jewel in the Crown (novel) | 1 |
| The Raj Quartet | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2704113 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Jewel in the Crown Context triple: [Masterpiece, hasNotableAdaptation, The Jewel in the Crown]
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A.
Viceroy's House
Viceroy's House was the grand colonial-era residence and administrative headquarters of the British Viceroy of India in New Delhi, later renamed Rashtrapati Bhavan after independence.
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B.
Ghare-Baire
Ghare-Baire is a 1916 Bengali novel by Rabindranath Tagore that explores nationalism, gender, and personal freedom against the backdrop of the Swadeshi movement in colonial India.
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C.
The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil is a 2006 romantic drama film directed by John Curran, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s novel about a troubled marriage tested during a cholera epidemic in 1920s China.
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D.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India is a 1984 British drama film directed by David Lean, adapted from E.M. Forster’s novel about cultural tensions and colonial rule in British-occupied India.
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E.
Raffles
Raffles is a surname most famously associated with Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the British statesman and founder of modern Singapore.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Jewel in the Crown Target entity description: The Jewel in the Crown is a critically acclaimed British television drama series set during the final years of the British Raj in India, adapted from Paul Scott’s Raj Quartet novels.
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A.
Viceroy's House
Viceroy's House was the grand colonial-era residence and administrative headquarters of the British Viceroy of India in New Delhi, later renamed Rashtrapati Bhavan after independence.
-
B.
Ghare-Baire
Ghare-Baire is a 1916 Bengali novel by Rabindranath Tagore that explores nationalism, gender, and personal freedom against the backdrop of the Swadeshi movement in colonial India.
-
C.
The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil is a 2006 romantic drama film directed by John Curran, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s novel about a troubled marriage tested during a cholera epidemic in 1920s China.
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D.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India is a 1984 British drama film directed by David Lean, adapted from E.M. Forster’s novel about cultural tensions and colonial rule in British-occupied India.
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E.
Raffles
Raffles is a surname most famously associated with Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the British statesman and founder of modern Singapore.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British television series
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period drama television series ⓘ television adaptation ⓘ television drama series ⓘ |
| audioFormat | mono ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceMaterial | Paul Scott ⓘ |
| awardStatus | award-winning ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Jewel in the Crown
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Raj Quartet
novels by Paul Scott ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| depicts |
Indian independence movement
ⓘ
decline of the British Empire ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | television broadcast ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
India
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| format | miniseries ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Mayapore (fictional city)
ⓘ
Pankot (fictional princely state) ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
British colonialism in India
ⓘ
class and power dynamics ⓘ interracial relationships ⓘ political and social change ⓘ |
| laterReleasedAs |
DVD
ⓘ
home video ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ensemble cast
ⓘ
portrayal of the end of the British Raj ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 14 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 1 ⓘ |
| originalChannel | ITV ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ITV ⓘ |
| originalReleaseStart | 1984 ⓘ |
| partOf | adaptations of The Raj Quartet ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | 4:3 ⓘ |
| producedFor | ITV ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Granada Television ⓘ |
| setInCountry | India ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | final years of the British Raj ⓘ |
| settingTimeSpan | 1940s ⓘ |
| sourceWorkTitle |
The Jewel in the Crown
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Jewel in the Crown (novel)
|
| targetAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
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Subject: The Jewel in the Crown Description of subject: The Jewel in the Crown is a critically acclaimed British television drama series set during the final years of the British Raj in India, adapted from Paul Scott’s Raj Quartet novels.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Raj Quartet
this entity surface form:
The Jewel in the Crown (novel)