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The Honourable Woman
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The Honourable Woman

Thu, Jul 3, 2014
  • Drama
  • War & Politics
  • Crime
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

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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  • BBC Two↗
Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Maggie Gyllenhaal
    Maggie Gyllenhaal
    as Nessa Stein
  • Stephen Rea
    Stephen Rea
    as Hugh Hayden-Hoyle
  • Lubna Azabal
    Lubna Azabal
    as Atika Halibi
  • Katherine Parkinson
    Katherine Parkinson
    as Rachel Stein
  • Janet McTeer
    Janet McTeer
    as Julia Walsh
  • Lindsay Duncan
    Lindsay Duncan
    as Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle
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Episodes

1 season · 8 episodes

Ended · 8 aired
Season 1
8 episodes · 8 aired
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  • E1
    The Empty Chair
    Aired · Thu, Jul 3, 2014 · 60m

    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 killed.

  • E2
    The Unfaithful Husband
    Aired · Thu, Jul 10, 2014 · 60m

    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.

  • E3
    The Killing Call
    Aired · Thu, Jul 17, 2014 · 60m

    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.

  • E4
    The Ribbon Cutter
    Aired · Thu, Jul 24, 2014 · 60m

    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 to how she can best serve their cause.

  • E5
    Two Hearts
    Aired · Thu, Jul 31, 2014 · 60m

    As Atika and Nessa remain in captivity, the secret that will bond them forever is revealed. Meanwhile, an academic in Tel Aviv working at a university funded by the Steins uncovers corruption that could have far-reaching consequences.

  • E6
    The Mother Line
    Aired · Thu, Aug 7, 2014 · 60m

    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.

  • E7
    The Hollow Wall
    Aired · Thu, Aug 14, 2014 · 60m

    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 Stein family and the wider international community and has far-reaching repercussions.

  • E8
    The Paring Knife
    Aired · Thu, Aug 21, 2014 · 60m

    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 Nessa fighting to save both her life and that of the kidnapped child as she attempts to make her way home.