Claire Foy, Christian Cooke, Perdita WeeksAlso starring: Ben Miles, Itay Tiran, Katharina Schüttler, Haaz Sleiman, Ali Suliman, Smadar Wolfman, Holly Aird, Hiam Abbass, Lukas Gregorowicz, Luke Allen-Gale, Iain McKee, Paul Anderson, Max Deacon
Channel 4 Synopsis:
The gripping drama will intercut between two timeframes and stories: that of Erin (Claire Foy), an 18-year-old Londoner who visits present-day Israel for the first time to spend a summer with her friend (Perdita Weeks); and that of her grandfather Len (Christian Cooke) who, in the 1940s was part of the British peace keeping force in Palestine and witnessed first hand the violent events during the last years of the British Mandate.
The story begins when Erin’s best friend, Eliza, the daughter of wealthy Israeli-Jewish parents, is called back to Israel for her National Service and invites Erin along to spend the summer with her and her family. En route, Erin starts to read a diary that she has found that was written by her grandfather in the forties. Moved by his account and the realisation he wasn’t much older than her when he wrote the diary, Erin retraces his steps in modern day Israel, seeing for herself the hard facts of life for both Jewish and Palestinian communities. But as Len’s story unfolds, Erin finds herself on a journey which takes her deep into the Occupied Territories and right to the heart of the unresolved disputes of the Mandate period.
Retracing Len's steps in modern-day Israel, Erin sets out on a heart-breaking journey in an effort to understand and fulfil a promise made by her grandfather over 60 years ago.
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