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The Ambassador

Harriet Smith, the new British ambassador to Ireland, desperately wants to make her mark in this historically difficult posting and try to put the tragic murder of her husband behind her. However, the situation is made considerably worse for her by her son Nate who refuses to accept the consequences of her new ambassadorial role and still blames her for his fathers death.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Innocent Passage
    January 4, 1998
    49min
    13+
    The new British Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, Harriet Smith, arrives in Dublin to discover that the Irish government is accusing the British of sinking one of their ships in the Irish Sea. Smith partners with MI6 agent John Stone to uncover the truth.
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  2. S1 E2 - Refuge
    January 11, 1998
    49min
    13+
    Ambassador Smith gives the battered British wife of a Saudi diplomat refuge in the embassy after he beats her up and attempts to kidnap their son. The decision may have major repercussion for the Irish government, which is trying to win the release of Irish nurses who were arrested in Saudi Arabia for drinking.
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  3. S1 E3 - Nine Tenths of the Law
    January 18, 1998
    49min
    13+
    When a young British girl is arrested for drug smuggling, Ambassador Smith discovers that the girl works at the same bar as her 19-year-old son, Nate. Smith and MI6 Agent John Stone investigate illegal activity at the bar but their inquiry is disrupted by a bomb threat at the embassy.
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  4. S1 E4 - A Cluster of Betrayals
    January 25, 1998
    49min
    13+
    Ambassador Smith's assistant is held hostage by a distraught man brandishing a canister of nuclear waste in protest of the number of children he says are dying from nuclear waste pollution of the Irish Sea by British facilities.
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  5. S1 E5 - Trade
    February 1, 1998
    49min
    13+
    A young rent boy is found dead in a Dublin hotel room after having sex with a visiting politician from Northern Ireland. MI6 Agent John Stone is tasked with covering up the scandalous incident.
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  6. S1 E6 - Playing God
    February 8, 1998
    50min
    13+
    Ambassador Smith learns that she may be the target of an assassination plot but refuses to compromise her official engagements. Meanwhile, she is faced with another dilemma when a former MI6 officer dying of cancer reveals his intentions to publish a memoir which could reveal sensitive government information.
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Content advisory
Violencesubstance usealcohol usesmokingfoul languagesexual content
Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
Patrick LauSyd MacartneyKen Grieve
Producers
Stephen SmallwoodDouglas RaeRobert CooperRobert BernsteinDavid Collins
Starring
Denis LawsonDominic MafhamPauline Collins
Studio
Ecosse Films
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