The Honourable Woman - Season 1 - Eps 6: The Mother Line
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.
About The Honourable Woman
Title: The Honourable Woman
First Air Date: 2014-07-03
Last Air Date: 2014-08-21
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.3/10 (from 112 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 8
Network: BBC Two
Genres: Drama, War & Politics, Crime
Production Companies: Eight Rooks, BBC Worldwide, Drama Republic, SundanceTV, BBC Two
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.
Cast
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Nessa Stein
Stephen Rea
Hugh Hayden-Hoyle
Lubna Azabal
Atika Halibi
Katherine Parkinson
Rachel Stein
Janet McTeer
Julia Walsh
Lindsay Duncan
Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle
Eve Best
Monica Chatwin
Andrew Buchan
Ephra Stein
Igal Naor
Shlomo Zahary
Genevieve O'Reilly
Frances Pirsig
