The Promise

Name: The Promise
Released: 2011-02-05T16:00:00.000Z
Cast: Itay Tiran, Claire Foy, Christian Cooke

TV Show · Drama

Peter Kosminsky's four-part drama follows 18-year-old Londoner Erin as she sets off to spend summer in Israel with her best friend, Eliza, and an old diary belonging to her seriously ill grandfather, Len.

2011 · 1h 21m

Starring Itay Tiran, Claire Foy, Christian Cooke

Director Peter Kosminsky

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

New four-part drama from acclaimed film-maker Peter Kosminsky starring Claire Foy and Christian Cooke. A young woman visits Israel for the first time and traces her grandfather's steps through his diary in 1940's Palestine. - Strong language and images of war and death
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Episode two begins in 1940s Palestine where Len befriends an Arab charwallah working for the British Army, while in modern Israel Erin is experiencing the aftermath of a suicide bomber. - Strong language and some scenes of violence
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Len's secret military plans are betrayed, with appalling consequences for him and his men
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

In the final episode Erin has read Len's diary of the events of 1947 and will not abandon her quest to find Mohammed's family, even though it takes her on a hazardous journey into Gaza. - Strong language and scenes of violence