Heads up, bit of telly Sunday evening.

Heads up, bit of telly Sunday evening.

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Balmoral Green

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249 months

Saturday 7th March 2009
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08 Mar 2009, 21:00 on BBC Four

Synopsis: Documentary telling the story of Rolls-Royce in India through the fortunes of India's princes.

Combining newly-shot high-definition sequences, archive film and photographs, this film follows the princes from the zenith of British imperial power in the early 1900s, through to their decline in the aftermath of independence in 1947.

Contributors include: HH Shriji Arvind Singh, the Maharana of Udaipur; Manvendra Barwani, Rana of Barwani; Pranlal Bhogilal, India's foremost Rolls-Royce collector; and Sharada Dwivedi, writer and cultural commentator.


Duesey

185 posts

183 months

Monday 9th March 2009
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Really enjoyed it - thanks for the post.

Some good stuff here;


http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/pre-1950/37279-rolls...