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Ambassador 1
Ambassador 2
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Series 1
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Ballykissangel, Series 3
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The Ambassador, Series I |
| Logline: |
Epsiode 1: Pauline Collins as the new British
Ambassador to Ireland finds no loyalty from her own staff
when a British submarine is accused of sinking an Irish trawler.
The MI6 officer (Denis Lawson) uncovers the real story.
Episode 2: Ambassador Smith (Pauline Collins) takes in the
battered wife of a Foreign Diplomat for refuge in the Embassy
but evidence emerges which threatens to end her diplomatic
career.
Episode 3: Ambassador Smith risks her career when she realises
her own son may be involved in smuggling drugs into Dublin.
Episode 4: With the Embassy under siege and her secretary
taken hostage, Ambassador Smith places her trust in someone
who betrays her - a man she called her friend.
Episode 5: A Rent Boy dead in his bed leads a British Government
Minister to order a cover-up. The facts are kept from Ambassador
Smith until the truth leaks out, threatening to jeopardise
peace talks and the Ambassador’s career.
Episode 6: MI6 fear Ambassador Smith has been targeted for
assassination but she refuses to
compromise her official engagements. The risks increase when
she is called upon to suppress
the dangerous memoirs of an old friend and former diplomat
to the North and a bomb explodes.
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| Starring: |
Pauline Collins, Denis Lawson,
William Chubb, Owen Roe |
| Writer: |
Russel Lewis, Tim Prager, Chris
Russell, Julian Jones, |
| Director: |
Patrick Lau, Ken Grieve, Syd
McCartney |
| Producer: |
Stephen Smallwood |
| Executive Producer:
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Robert Cooper, Douglas Rae |
| Production Credits: |
An Ambassador Films Production
for Ecosse Films in Association with Irish Screen and BBC Northern
Ireland |
| Genre: |
Series |
| Channel: |
BBC1 |
| Year Of First Transmission: |
1998 |
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| Title: |
The Ambassador, Series II |
| Logline: |
Episode 1 - The Road to Nowhere: Ambassador
Smith (Pauline Collins) finds happiness with her new lover
(Peter Egan) but when a break-in at the Residence reveals
she has a dangerous enemy within her own circle, Smith is
forced to make the hardest choice of her career.
Episode 2 - Vacant Possession: Britain and Ireland are brought
to the brink of violent confrontation over ownership of Rockall.
Ambassador Smith enlists the help of MI6 agent Stone (Denis
Lawson), but the plan backfires when Stone is accused of rape.
Episode 3 - Cost Price: Ambassador Smith is torn between love
and duty when her lover Cochrane is kidnapped. MI6 agent Stone
goes undercover to extricate him - but the price of failure
could be Cochrane’s life.
Episode 4 - Unholy Alliance: When a British family enlists
the Embassy’s help to recover their son from a Dublin
cult, Smith has to confront charismatic cult-leader Cornelius
(Jack Dee).
Episode 5 - A Matter of Life and Death: Ambassador Smith finds
herself at the centre of a diplomatic and emotional storm
when a young British girl in an Irish prison asks for help.
Episode 6 - Getting Away With Murder: Deputy Ambassador Tyler
(William Chubb) is accused of murdering his wife. -Diplomatic
immunity would save him, tough Smith chooses to prove his
innocence - but what if Tyler is guilty?
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| Starring: |
Pauline Collins, Denis Lawson,
William Chubb, Owen Roe |
| Writer: |
Julian Jones, Tim Prager, Neil
McKay, Hugh Costello |
| Director: |
Matthew Evans, Crispin Reece,
A.J. Quinn |
| Producer: |
Louise Berridge |
| Executive Producer: |
Jeremy Gwilt, Douglas Rae |
| Production Credits: |
An Ecosse Films Production
in Association with Irish Screen for BBC Northern Ireland |
| Genre: |
Series |
| Channel: |
BBC1 |
| Year Of First Transmission:
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1999 |
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| Title: |
Ballykissangel, Series I |
| Logline: |
Father Peter arrives in sunny
Co. Wicklow. Will the young English priest get the measure of
brazen publican Assumpta Fitzgerald? And how will the locals
react to a mechanised, high tech church complete with new priest? |
| Starring: |
Stephen Tompkinson, Dervla
Kirwan, Tony Doyle, Niall Toibin, Tina Kellegher, Peter Hanly,
Joe Savino, Frankie McCafferty, Deirdre Donnelly, Peter Caffrey,
Gary Whelan |
| Writer: |
Kieran Prendiville, John Forte |
| Director: |
Richard Standeven, Paul Harrison |
| Producer: |
Joy Lale |
| Executive Producer: |
Robert Cooper, Tony Garnett |
| Production Credits:
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A Ballykea Production for World
Productions for BBC Northern Ireland |
| Genre: |
Series |
| Channel: |
BBC1 |
| Year Of First Transmission: |
1996 |
| Awards: |
1. Won an RTS Programme Award
for Best TV Series on 22 May 1997.
2. Nominated for two BAFTA Awards for Best TV Series and Best
Original TV Music (April 1997).
3. Nominated for a Royal Television Society , Craft and Design
Award 1995/96 for Tape and Film Editing for Robin Graham-Scott’s
work.
4. Dervla Kirwan won Most Popular Actress in The National Television
Awards 1996 for her performance in "Ballykissangel"
(Series 1). |
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| Title: |
Ballykissangel, Series II |
| Logline: |
All the old favourites and
a few new faces are back for a second series in Wicklow’s
best loved village. Father Peter and Assumpta’s strained
relationship is pushed to the limits when handsome stranger
Enda arrives in town. |
| Starring: |
Stephen Tompkinson, Dervla
Kirwan, Tony Doyle, Niall Toibin, Tina Kellegher, Peter Hanly,
Frankie McCafferty, Joe Savino, Peter Caffrey, Deirdre Donnelly,
Gary Whelan |
| Writer: |
Kieran Prendiville, John Forte,
Niall Leonard, Jo O’Keefe, Rio Fanning |
| Director: |
Paul Harrison, Dermot Boyd |
| Producer: |
Chris Griffin |
| Executive Producer: |
Robert Cooper, Tony Garnett |
| Production Credits: |
A Ballykea Production for World
Productions for BBC Northern Ireland |
| Genre: |
Series |
| Channel: |
BBC1 |
| Year Of First Transmission: |
1997 |
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| Title: |
Ballykissangel,
Series III |
| Logline: |
Father Peter and
Assumpta’s fraught relationship comes to a head when Peter
finally confronts his true feelings with tragic consequences.
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| Starring: |
Stephen Tompkinson,
Dervla Kirwan, Tony Doyle, Niall Toibin, Tina Kellegher, Peter
Hanly, Joe Savino, Frankie McCafferty, Deirdre Donnelly, Peter
Caffrey, Gary Whelan, Birdy Sweeney |
| Writer: |
Kieran Prendiville,
Barry Devlin, Tim Loane, Rio Fanning, Niall Leonard, Felicity
Hayes-McCoy, Robert Jones, Ted Gannon |
| Director: |
Dermot Boyd, Tom
Cotter, Paul Harrison |
| Producer: |
Chris Griffin |
| Executive Producer: |
Robert Cooper,
Brenda Reid |
| Production Credits:
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A Ballykea Production
for World Productions for BBC Northern Ireland |
| Genre: |
Series |
| Channel: |
BBC1 |
| Year Of First Transmission: |
1998 (Episode 1
transmitted 1997 as a Christmas Special) |
| Awards: |
1. Nominated in
3 categories at the National Television Awards (October 1998).
2. Episode 8, "Lost Sheep", was selected for screening
at the BANFF Television Festival in June 1998. |
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| Title: |
Ballykissangel, Series 4 |
| Logline: |
New priest Father Aidan isn’t
the only thing that’s changed in BallyK. Fitzgerald’s
Bar comes under new ownership, Quigley’s building a new
golf course and Niamh is looking for something more from life. |
| Writer: |
Robert Jones, Mark Holloway,
Ted Gannon, Jimmy Murphy, Barry Devlin, Stephen Plaice |
| Director: |
Simon Meyers, N.G. Bristow,
Simon Massey, Mike Cocker, Peter Lydon |
| Producer: |
Chris Clough |
| Genre: |
Series |
| Channel: |
BBC1 |
| Year Of First Transmission: |
1998 |
| Starring: |
Tony Doyle, Niall Toibin, Tina
Kellegher, Peter Hanly, Lorcan Cranitch, Victoria Smurfit, Joe
Savino, Frankie McCafferty, Don Wycherley, Deirdre Donnelly,
Gary Whelan, Birdy Sweeney, Peter Caffrey
Awards: 1. Episode 2 "He Healeth the Sick" was named
a ‘Silver Spire Winner’ in the Drama 60 minutes or
less category at the San Francisco International Film Festival
- Golden Gate Awards (20/4 - 4/5/00).
2. Tony Doyle was nominated for ‘Best Leading Performance’,
"Ballykissangel IV"at the IFTA Awards (November 1999).
3. Nominated for ‘Best Television Drama’ at the IFTA
Awards (November 1999)
4. Won a Gold Promax UK Award for Best Drama Promotion (Nov
1998). |
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