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The Honourable Woman

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.

2014 |1 Season  | 60m |  Drama, War & Politics, Crime

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Maggie Gyllenhaal

Nessa Stein

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Stephen Rea

Hugh Hayden-Hoyle

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Lubna Azabal

Atika Halibi

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Katherine Parkinson

Rachel Stein

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Janet McTeer

Julia Walsh

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Lindsay Duncan

Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle

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Eve Best

Monica Chatwin

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Andrew Buchan

Ephra Stein

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Igal Naor

Shlomo Zahary

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Genevieve O'Reilly

Frances Pirsig

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Philip Arditti

Saleh Al-Zahid

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Paul Herzberg

Daniel Borgoraz

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Oliver Bodur

Kasim Halabi

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George Georgiou

Magdi Muraji

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Creator

Hugo Blick

Status

Ended

Languages

English

Network

BBC Two