The Honourable Woman: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Honourable Woman tells the story of one woman's personal journey to right her father's wrongs. Featuring a stellar cast including Academy Award nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal in the lead role as Nessa Stein, this compelling drama written and directed by BAFTA winning Hugo Blick (The Shadow Line) draws Nessa into a complex and dangerous world of international conspiracy and espionage.

Series details

• Title: The Honourable Woman
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Thriller, Espionage
• Premiere date: 2014-07-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-08-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 763

Cast and credited roles

• Janet McTeer — Dame Julia Walsh
• Katherine Parkinson — Rachel Stein
• Lubna Azabal — Atika Halibi
• Maggie Gyllenhaal — Nessa Stein
• Stephen Rea — Sir Hugh Hayden-Hoyle
• Andrew Buchan — Ephra Stein
• Eve Best — Monica Chatwin
• Lindsay Duncan — Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle
• Yigal Naor — Shlomo Zahary
• Genevieve O'Reilly — Frances Pirsig
• Tobias Menzies — Nathaniel Bloom

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-07-03; final listed air date 2014-08-21; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Honourable Woman on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.