The Ambassador (1998)

Name: The Ambassador
Genre: Drama
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Pauline Collins, Denis Lawson

Drama

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 with the personal and professional pressures in Harriet's life, as well as wider political themes. Other notable cast members were Denis Lawson and Peter Egan. Two series were made between 1998 and 1999.

IMDb rating: 7.1 (265 votes)
Episode average: 7.2 +0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1998)

7.23 avg 6 episodes 7.1 → 7.5 50 min avg

Big finale

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Innocent Passage	7.1	36
2	Refuge	7.3	31
3	Nine Tenths of the Law	7.4	20
4	A Cluster of Betrayals	6.9	19
5	Trade	7.2	11
6	Playing God	7.5	13

Season 2 (1999)

7.19 avg 7 episodes 7.1 → 7.6 50 min avg

Big finale

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Road to Nowhere	7.1	15
2	Vacant Possession	7.0	13
3	A Foreign Affair	7.1	10
4	Cost Price	7.2	16
5	Unholy Alliance	7.1	12
6	A Matter of Life and Death	7.2	13
7	Getting Away with Murder	7.6	14

The Ambassador (1998)

Cast

Seasons

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