Name: The Ambassador
Released: 1998-01-04T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Pauline Collins, Denis Lawson, Owen Roe

The Ambassador

TV Show · Drama · Special Interest

The new British ambassador to Ireland aims to make the relationship between the governments less adversarial, meanwhile struggling with the tragic murder of her husband.

1998 · 49m

Starring Pauline Collins, Denis Lawson, Owen Roe

Director Ken Grieve

EPISODE 1

Innocent Passage

British Ambassador Harriet Smith arrives in Dublin and finds the government accusing Britain of sinking an Irish trawler.

49 min
EPISODE 2

Refuge

A British woman takes refuge at the embassy for what appears to be marital abuse, but evidence emerges that may threaten Smith's career.

49 min
EPISODE 3

Nine Tenths of the Law

Smith learns that a young British woman who was jailed for smuggling drugs works at the same bar as her son.

49 min
EPISODE 4

A Cluster of Betrayals

A man brandishing a canister of nuclear waste takes a hostage.

49 min
EPISODE 5

Trade

Stone sanctions the cover-up of a death, that of a boy found in a minister's hotel room.

49 min
EPISODE 6

Playing God

Smith is asked to persuade a friend not to publish his memoirs.

49 min