BBC Play of the Month A Passage to India (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 110 min | Drama

BBC Play of the Month

A Passage to India (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 110 min | Drama

Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.

Director

Waris Hussein

Writers

Santha Rama Rau (play) | E.M. Forster (novel) | John Maynard (adapted for television by)

Producer

Peter Luke

Production Designer

Richard Wilmot

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Edit Released

Updated Nov 16, 1965

Release date

Jan 26, 1968 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

3 wins & 14 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
20 cast members

Name	Known for
Sybil Thorndike Mrs. Moore Mrs. Moore See fewer	Dawn (1928)
Virginia McKenna Adela Quested Adela Quested See fewer	Born Free (1966)
Cyril Cusack Mr. Fielding Mr. Fielding See fewer	Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Zia Mohyeddin Dr. Aziz Dr. Aziz See fewer	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Ronald Hines Ronny Heaslop Ronny Heaslop See fewer	The Deep Concern (1979)
Allan Cuthbertson Mr. McBryde Mr. McBryde See fewer	The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Michael Bates Professor Godbole Professor Godbole See fewer	A Clockwork Orange (1971)
John Wentworth Major Callendar Major Callendar See fewer	The Main Chance (1969)
Maurice Hedley Mr. Turton Mr. Turton See fewer	A for Andromeda (1961)
Dandy Nichols Mrs. Turton Mrs. Turton See fewer	The Alf Garnett Saga (1972)
Mary Chester Mrs. McBryde Mrs. McBryde See fewer	Studio 4 (1962)
Saeed Jaffrey Mr. Hamidullah Mr. Hamidullah See fewer	The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
Shivendra Sinha Mr. Amritrao Mr. Amritrao See fewer	Phir Bhi (1971)
Mohan Singh Mr. Das Mr. Das See fewer	BBC Play of the Month (1965)
A. Razzaq Guide Guide See fewer	Mujhe Jeene Do (1968)
Ishaq Bux Qasim Ali Qasim Ali See fewer	Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
John Bryans Mr. Burton Mr. Burton See fewer	For Whom the Bell Tolls (1965)
Doreen Mantle Mrs. Fletcher Mrs. Fletcher See fewer	Scoop (2006)
Helen Ford Mrs. Collins Mrs. Collins See fewer	Public Defender (1954)
Barbara Keogh Mrs. Burton Mrs. Burton See fewer	The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)