The Honorable Woman The Empty Chair (Season 1, Episode 1)
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TV Episode | 60 min | Drama, Thriller

The Honorable Woman

The Empty Chair (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV-MA

TV Episode | 60 min | Drama, Thriller

As a child Nessa Stein and her younger brother Ephra witnessed the murder in public of their father Eli, an Israeli arms dealer. Twenty-nine years later Nessa, her father's heiress, has turned the firm around, specializing in promoting ...See moreAs a child Nessa Stein and her younger brother Ephra witnessed the murder in public of their father Eli, an Israeli arms dealer. Twenty-nine years later Nessa, her father's heiress, has turned the firm around, specializing in promoting communications between Israel and Palestine and establishing a charitable foundation for which she has been made a peeress in the English House of Lords. Nessa is about to deal with Palestinian businessman Samir Meshal, to the annoyance of family friend Shlomo, a deal which attracts the attention of Hugh Hayden-Hoyle, an MI6 operative on the verge of retirement, and Monica Chatwin, his rival and designated successor. Meshal kills himself, a death Nessa finds suspicious and she is reminded of a successful attempt to kidnap her in the Gaza Strip eight years before. Sadly there is another abduction in the present, when Kasim, the little son of Ephra's nanny Atika, is kidnapped . Nessa gives chase and the abductor draws a gun on her. He is killed by Nathaniel Bloom, Nessa's minder, but he too is shot and the abductor gets away with Kasim. Written by don @ minifie-1 See less

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39 cast members

Name	Known for
Jonathan Bonnici Waiter Waiter See fewer	Beirut (2018)
Edmond Moulton Young Ephra Young Ephra See fewer	Doctor Who (2005)
Lois Ellington Young Nessa Young Nessa See fewer	The Young Messiah (2016)
Aidan Stephenson Eli Stein Eli Stein See fewer	The Honorable Woman (2014)
Maggie Gyllenhaal Nessa Stein Nessa Stein See fewer	Secretary (2002)
Adnan Rashed Samir Meshal Samir Meshal See fewer	The Honorable Woman (2014)
Andrew Buchan Ephra Stein Ephra Stein See fewer	All the Money in the World (2017)
Alex Afia Mustapha Shamar Mustapha Shamar See fewer	The Honorable Woman (2014)
Katherine Parkinson Rachel Stein Rachel Stein See fewer	The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Lubna Azabal Atika Halabi Atika Halabi See fewer	Incendies (2010)
Igal Naor Shlomo Zahary Shlomo Zahary See fewer	Munich Games (2022)
Oliver Bodur Kasim Halabi Kasim Halabi See fewer	Andor (2022)
Reeve Fletcher Hannah Stein Hannah Stein See fewer	The Honorable Woman (2014)
Nicole Lopes Mazel Stein Mazel Stein See fewer	The Honorable Woman (2014)
Genevieve O'Reilly Frances Pirsig Frances Pirsig See fewer	The Dry (2020)
John Humphrys Radio Interviewer Radio Interviewer See fewer	Ali G Indahouse (2002)
Eve Best Monica Chatwin Monica Chatwin See fewer	The King's Speech (2010)
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