The Promise
A perilous quest in a troubled land.
The story of a young woman who goes to present-day Israel/Palestine determined to find out about her soldier grandfather's involvement in the final years of Palestine under the British mandate.
- Created by
- Peter Kosminsky
- First aired
- Feb 6, 2011
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- Channel 4
- Episodes
- 4
- Country
- GB
Watch The Promise
S1 E1: Episode 1
S1 E1 Episode 1
Feb 6, 2011Just as 18-year-old Londoner Erin sets off to spend summer in Israel with her best friend, Eliza, she unearths an old diary belonging to her seriously ill grandfather, Len. Intrigued by the life of this old man she barely knows, she takes the diary with her, and is stunned to learn of his part in the post-WWII British peace-keeping force in what was then Palestine.
Cast
Claire Foy
Erin Matthews
Haaz Sleiman
Omar Habash
Christian Cooke
Len Matthews
Katharina Schüttler
Clara Rosenbaum
Ali Suliman
Abu-Hassan Mohammed
Ben Miles
Max Meyer
Pip Torrens
Major John Arbuthnot
Perdita Weeks
Eliza Meyer
Smadi Wolfman
Leah Meyer
Holly Aird
Chris Matthews
Hiam Abbass
Old Jawda
Lucas Gregorowicz
Captain Richard Rowntree
Luke Allen-Gale
Corporal Jackie Clough
Ulrich Noethen
Leo Rosenbaum
Yvonne Catterfeld
Ziphora
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