BUGLES AND A TIGER

THE DECEIVERS

In 1825 William Savage, an official in the East India Company, witnesses a terrible mass murder, which will lead him into the darkest depths of human nature. Finding the murderers is his highest priority, but this is bigger than he at first suspected. If he wants to find justice, he must first go amongst the murderers, and become one of them.

MASTERS' INDIA SAGA

An 18-part serialisation of John Masters' chronicles of the Savage family, spanning the years 1825-1946 and set against the backdrop of British rule in India. Based on the hugely popular novels of John Masters, this landmark BBC Radio adaptation charts the history of the British in India through the perspective of one family over several generations. Ranging over more than 120 years, these thrilling tales of love, murder and espionage take us from the expansion of the East India Company to the last days of the Raj and the approach of Independence.

NIGHTRUNNERS OF BENGAL

As Captain Rodney Savage of the 13th Rifles, Bengal Native Infantry, celebrates the start of 1857 with his wife and friends in the isolated cantonment of Bhowani, news comes of a crisis that will have terrifying and widespread repercussions. As tension erupts, the British begin to wonder whether even their closest servents are trustworthy.