This new three part series sees actress and tv presenter Caroline Quentin embarks on a journey of discovery through one of the world’s most remarkable and diverse countries.
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Caroline travels over 3500 miles from the far North of the country to Kanyakumari in India’s southernmost tip exploring the contrasts of the country’s landscape and the varied lives of its population. She experiences Indian society at every level, staying with local families throughout the journey, meeting everyone from Maharajas to mahouts, and gaining first-hand experience of unique elements of the country’s richly diverse culture along the way.
Caroline’s voyage takes her from the subcontinent’s cultural and spiritual centres of New Delhi and Varanasi, via the bustle of the giant Indian railway system to the rural tea plantations and isolated villages and along the way she also meets some of India’s famous wildlife including up-close encounters with cobras and elephants.
Caroline encounters the sharpest contrasts in Indian life as she visits Mumbai where she sees what life is like for the beautiful and glamorous Bollywood film stars, but also meets some of the world’s poorest people who live in the city’s slums.
Her journey finishes in Kanyakumari, a unique place where the sun can be seen setting and the moon rising simultaneously on either side of the horizon, which provides Caroline with the perfect setting to reflect on the remarkable experiences she’s enjoyed.
Caroline Quentin: A Passage Through India was commissioned by Jo Clinton-Davis, ITV Controller of Popular Factual with Alison Sharman, ITV Director of Factual and Daytime and produced by Tiger Aspect.
