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The Empty Chair

Episode 1 of 8

Powerful businesswoman Nessa Stein is thrown head-first into a game of political cat-and-mouse when a Palestinian businessman with close connections to her family's empire is killed.

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Thu 3 Jul 201421:00
BBC Two

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No. 2 in D Minor for the Violin

    Performer: Alex Afia.

  • Radiohead

    How To Disappear Completely

Credits

Nessa SteinMaggie Gyllenhaal
Atika HalabiLubna Azabal
Monica ChatwinEve Best
Ephra SteinAndrew Buchan
Anjelica Hayden-HoyleLindsay Duncan
Nathaniel BloomTobias Menzies
Shlomo ZaharyIgal Naor
Frances PirsigGenevieve O'Reilly
Rachel SteinKatherine Parkinson
Sir Hugh Hayden-HoyleStephen Rea
Mustapha ShamarAlex Afia
Kasim HalabiOliver Bodur
WaiterJonathan Bonnici
David ThurberStephen Boxer
Young NessaLois Ellington
Hannah SteinReeve Fletcher
Magdi MurajiGeorge Georgiou
Radio InterviewerJohn Humphrys
Max BoormanMartin Hutson
Mazel SteinNicole Lopes
Young EphraEdmond Moulton
Samir MeshalAdnan Rashed
Michael GatzBen Smith
AbductorJulian Spencer
Eli SteinAidan Stephenson
Judah Ben-ShaharNicholas Woodeson
Executive ProducerGreg Brenman
ProducerAbi Bach
ProducerHugo Blick
DirectorHugo Blick
WriterHugo Blick

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