The Honourable Woman

2014
The Honourable Woman

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EP1 The Empty Chair Jul 03, 2014

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.

EP2 The Unfaithful Husband Jul 10, 2014

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.

EP3 The Killing Call Jul 17, 2014

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.

EP4 The Ribbon Cutter Jul 24, 2014

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.

EP5 Two Hearts Jul 31, 2014

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 uncovers corruption that could have far-reaching consequences.

EP6 The Mother Line Aug 07, 2014

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.

EP7 The Hollow Wall Aug 14, 2014

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.

EP8 The Paring Knife Aug 21, 2014

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 her life and the kidnapped child's as she attempts to make her way home.
7.9| TV-MA| en| Drama, Crime
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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  • Top Credited Cast
Maggie Gyllenhaal as Nessa Stein
Stephen Rea as Hugh Hayden-Hoyle
Lubna Azabal as Atika Halibi
Katherine Parkinson as Rachel Stein
Janet McTeer as Julia Walsh
Lindsay Duncan as Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle
Eve Best as Monica Chatwin
Andrew Buchan as Ephra Stein
Igal Naor as Shlomo Zahary