While it's not to the level of Jewel in the Crown or Passage to India, This little production is entertaining in it's own way. It does evoke some of the absurdities of British rule in India and the last days of the Raj. The seasoned actors do their best with a script that's appalling at times, and at others just plain silly and predictable. The second season really scratches around for plot lines to follow but many of them just become more and more outrageous. As has been pointed out, not a lot of attention was paid to detail. The actress playing Whelan's wife is supposed to be American but her accent is so poorly done, it becomes distracting. Simla was used as a "Hill Station" where the handful of British administrators who governed the whole country would go to escape the summer heat. It would not have tropical foliage like what is shown. Things like that may pass unnoticed by the average viewer but for people who know, it is very distracting and irritating. Overall, it's an entertaining but a very superficial view of a time in history that has been much better portrayed by other authors, script writers and TV series! So watch it just for entertainment value, and don't expect too much!
Review of Indian Summers
