Series 1 (8 episodes) of The Honourable Woman will be launched on February
8 at 21h00 on BBC Entertainment channel 120 on DStv
Written and directed by Bafta winner Hugo Blick (The Shadow Line) and starring Maggie
Gyllenhaal, this series is a fast-paced thriller set against an international
backdrop.
As a young girl, Nessa Stein witnessed the assassination of
her father by the armed wing of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation. Now in
her late 30’s, Nessa is at the forefront of the Middle East peace process. An
independent entrepreneur, equal parts idealist and pragmatist, she has worked
tirelessly to help cultivate an atmosphere of reconciliation between the
Israelis and Palestinians.
Ennobled for her campaigning work, the newly-made Baroness
must fight forces that are conspiring against her as she awards a highly
lucrative contract to a Palestinian businessman. When he is subsequently
killed, Nessa and her brother Ephra come under the renewed close scrutiny of
Whitehall and the Secret Intelligence Service.
Set against the gripping backdrop of government paranoia and
espionage, this is the story of one woman’s personal journey to right the
wrongs conducted in a past life. From the corridors of governmental power to
the sibling dynamic that bonds the Stein family’s private purpose, Whitehall
and MI6, Washington and the CIA, The Palestinian Authority and a Gaza
safe-house – the visual backdrop of Hugo Blick’s compelling drama is as
stunning and refined as the story that drives it.
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