It is a truth universally acknowledged that Sunday nights are hugely inferior without a gritty period drama. So fans will be thrilled that the much-anticipated adaptation of Vikram Seth’s classic, and weighty, 1993 novel, A Suitable Boy, lands on BBC on Sunday.
The coming of age story, set in India after the 1947 partition, features saris and headscarves in place of corsets and bonnets, but can expect the usual brooding men, headstrong women, troubled romances and sumptuous sets.
A host of Bollywood greats star in this monumental tale of love, family and political turbulence. Here is everything you need to know about the show.
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