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The Ambassador is a British television drama series produced by the BBC written by Hugh Costello. The series starred Pauline Collins in the title role as Harriet Smith, the new British ambassador to Ireland and dealt

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  • Refugee
    7.6/1031 votes

    Refugee

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/1998

    Ambassador Smith gives the battered British wife of a Saudi diplomat refuge in the embassy when he beats her up and attempts to kidnap their son, even though this jeopardises a lucrative aircraft contract with Saudi Arabia.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Playing God
    7.5/1014 votes

    Playing God

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/8/1998

    MI6 fear that Smith has been targeted for assassination, but she refuses to compromise her official engagements. A former MI6 officer, Sir Robert Beauchamp, is intent on publishing his memoirs before he dies of cancer, facing Smith with more tough decisions.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Nine Tenths of the Law
    7.4/1021 votes

    Nine Tenths of the Law

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/1998

    When a young British girl is jailed for drug smuggling, it seems a positive start to an Anglo-Irish initiative. Then Smith discovers that the girl works at the same bar as her 19 year old son Nate. Stone investigates whether he is connected to any illegal activity.

    Director: Ken Grieve

    Writer: Christopher Russell

  • Trade
    7.2/1012 votes

    Trade

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/1/1998

    A young rent boy found dead in a Dublin hotel bedroom, after having sex with visiting British minister David McNaughton, leads a British government minister to order a cover-up, which is carried out by Stone too thoroughly.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Pilot - Innocent Passage
    7.1/1037 votes

    Pilot - Innocent Passage

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/1998

    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 trawlers in the Irish Sea. Together with MI6 agent John Stone, Smith uncovers the truth.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • A Cluster of Betrayals
    7.0/1020 votes

    A Cluster of Betrayals

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/25/1998

    The ambassador's assistant is held hostage by a man brandishing a canister of nuclear waste, in protest at the number of children he says are dying from nuclear waste pollution of the Irish Sea by British nuclear facilities.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown