The Ambassador
Harriet Smith (Pauline Collins), the new British ambassador to Ireland, desperately wants to make her mark in this historically-difficult posting and try to put her husband's tragic murder behind her. She wants to be just and fair in her dealings with the Irish government and try to make the relationship between the two governments less adversarial in nature. The situation is made considerably worse for her and her trusted assistant John Stone (Denis Lawson) by her son Nate, who refuses to accept the consequences of her new ambassadorial role and still blames her for his father's death.
- 1998-1999
- 2 seasons
- BFS Video
- Drama
- TV-14
Harriet Smith (Pauline Collins), the new British ambassador to Ireland, desperately wants to make her mark in this historically-difficult posting and try to put her husband's tragic murder behind her. She wants to be just and fair in her dealings with the Irish government and try to make the relationship between the two governments less adversarial in nature. The situation is made considerably worse for her and her trusted assistant John Stone (Denis Lawson) by her son Nate, who refuses to accept the consequences of her new ambassadorial role and still blames her for his father's death.
Season 2 Episode Guide
7 Episodes 1999
Episode 1
The Road to Nowhere
50 mins
Ambassador Smith finds happiness with her new lover, Cochrane, but a break-in at her official residence forces her to make one of the most difficult decisions of her career.
Episode 2
Vacant Possession
50 mins
The strain of being an ambassador is beginning to show on Harriet, and she enlists the help of her resident MI6 agent, John Stone, in preventing a civil war.
Episode 3
A Foreign Affair
Episode 4
Cost Price
50 mins
Ambassador Smith is torn between love and duty when her boyfriend, Cochrane, is kidnapped for ransom and she is unable to illegally negotiate his release.
Episode 5
Unholy Alliance
50 mins
A British family enlists the embassy's help in rescuing their teenage son from a cult in Dublin and Ambassador Smith must confront the enigmatic but dangerous cult leader, Cornelius.
Episode 6
A Matter of Life and Death
50 mins
Ambassador Smith finds herself in the middle of a public media frenzy as well as a personal emotional dilemma after a young British girl in an Irish prison asks for assistance.
Episode 7
Getting Away with Murder
50 mins
Deputy Ambassador Tyler is accused of murdering his wife and Harriet is forced to question his innocence when diplomatic immunity becomes his only way off the hook.