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The Honourable Woman
The Honourable Woman
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The Honourable Woman

7.4 / 10
2014
1 season
8 episodes
DramaWar & PoliticsCrime

Nessa Stein, the daughter of a Zionist arms procurer who as a child witnessed his assassination. Now an adult, Nessa inherits her father's company and changes course from supplying arms to laying data cabling networks between Israel and the West Bank. Her efforts to reconcile the Israelis and Palestinians lands her an appointment to the House of Lords and creates an international political maelstrom.

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The Honourable Woman: Trailer - BBC Two

Cast

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Stephen Rea

Lubna Azabal

Katherine Parkinson

Janet McTeer

Lindsay Duncan

Eve Best

Andrew Buchan

Igal Naor

Tobias Menzies

Genevieve O'Reilly

R

Reeve Fletcher

Seasons

  • The Empty Chair

    1.The Empty Chair

    7.6
    03-07-201460m

    Powerful businesswoman Nessa Stein is thrown head-first into a game of political cat-and-mouse when a Palestinian businessman with close connections to her family's empire is kille...

  • The Unfaithful Husband

    2.The Unfaithful Husband

    7.6
    10-07-201460m

    Nessa's past, including her kidnap eight years previously in Gaza, is dug up by MI6 boss Sir Hugh Hayden-Hoyle, who is intent on getting answers despite being blocked by the CIA.

  • The Killing Call

    3.The Killing Call

    7.4
    17-07-201460m

    Nessa's security advisor follows a lead as he hunts down the missing boy. Meanwhile, her brother Ephra makes a startling discovery that could blow the family, and its work, apart.

  • The Ribbon Cutter

    4.The Ribbon Cutter

    7.8
    24-07-201460m

    Going back eight years, a younger Hayden-Hoyle climbs the ranks of MI6 whilst Nessa and Atika endure atrocities during their time held captive in Gaza and their captors scheme as t...

  • Two Hearts

    5.Two Hearts

    7.5
    31-07-201460m

    As their captivity continues, we discover the secret that will bond Atika and Nessa forever. Meanwhile, an academic in Tel Aviv working at a university funded by the Steins uncover...

  • The Mother Line

    6.The Mother Line

    7.8
    07-08-201460m

    When a Palestinian businessman makes Nessa an offer regarding the cabling initiative in the Middle East, Nessa discovers the full cost of her release from captivity eight years ago...

  • The Hollow Wall

    7.The Hollow Wall

    5.5
    14-08-201460m

    Hayden-Hoyle uncovers an international government cover-up in relation to the Stein wiretap and Ephra is drawn into making a fatal mistake. In Palestine, an act of terrorism stuns...

  • The Paring Knife

    8.The Paring Knife

    7.2
    21-08-201460m

    Hayden-Hoyle uncovers that Nessa has been manipulated both by people close to her and by governments intent on exploiting her work. A thrilling climax in the desert wastelands sees...

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