The Honourable Woman
Created by Hugo Blick
On BBC Two
A taut, morally ambiguous political thriller about inherited trauma and the impossibility of redemption in a conflict built on irreconcilable claims.
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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Like The Honourable Woman
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