The Promise is a British period drama television series produced and broadcast on Channel 4. It was written and directed by Peter Kosminsky. The four-episode series premiered from February 6, 2011, to February 27, 2011.
It was created in a mini-series fashion, so there are no following seasons of the show as the story was completed in its last episode. The show starred Claire Foy, Christian Cooke, Perdita Weeks, and Itay Tiran, among other actors in the lead cast.
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- Search The Promise on iPlayer from the United States
- Enjoy the series
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- Connect to a British IP address (UK – Dockland)
- Open BBC.co.uk in your browser or click here
- Click on Sign in, which is located in the top left corner
- It will redirect you to another page now click on register now
- Select your age (Below 16 or Above 16)
- Add your date of birth, email ID, and password
- Select the United Kingdom as your country and add “E16 1AD or E16 2AF” as the postal code for Dockland
- Verify your email address
- Done! Now you have access to BBC iPlayer in the US and Canada.
The Promise- Trailer
The Promise– Plot & Synopsis
Erin Matthews, a British teen, prepares to take a break from her studies and decides to have a gap year. She is unwilling to meet her grandpa Len, who is in his seventies and has been paralyzed due to a stroke. Erin has never met him, but when assisting her mother in clearing out his flat, she discovers a diary from his time serving in the 6th Airborne Division in British Mandate Palestine following WWII. Her mother intends to discard it, but she keeps it secretly. She accepts her closest friend Eliza’s invitation to visit Israel while undergoing basic training for her mandatory Israeli military duty. As they take off, Erin begins reading Len’s diary, which begins with Len detailing “the worst day of his life so far” — the tragedy of freeing the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. The series then alternates between the two storylines as they progress, with hers taking place in 2005 and his in the 1940s. She went to modern-day Israel and Palestine to learn more about her military grandfather’s role in the closing years of the British mandate in Palestine.
The Promise– Ratings
The Promise received audience and critical appreciation and was highly rated on different rating platforms. On IMDb, it has an excellent rating of 8.4 out of 10.
The Promise– Cast
- Claire Foy as Erin Matthews
- Christian Cooke as Sergeant Leonard Matthews
- Itay Tiran as Paul Meyer
- Katharina Schüttler as Clara Rosenbaum
- Yvonne Catterfeld as Ziphora
- Haaz Sleiman as Omar Habash
- Ali Suliman as Abu-Hassan Mohammed
- Perdita Weeks as Eliza Meyer
- Ben Miles as Max Meyer
- Smadar Wolfman as Leah Meyer
- Holly Aird as Chris Matthews
- Hiam Abbass as Old Jawda
- Lucas Gregorowicz as Captain Richard Rowntree
- Luke Allen-Gale as Corporal Jackie Clough
- Iain McKee as Sergeant Hugh Robbins
- Paul Anderson as Sergeant Frank Nash
- Max Deacon as Private Alec Hyman
- Pip Torrens as Major John Arbuthnot
What Else Can You Watch On BBC iPlayer?
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- Gossip Girl
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- Bloodlands (2021)
- The Pact
- The Responder
- Gold Digger
- Hope Street
- Hidden(2018)
- Happy Valley
- Mood (2022)
- Death in Paradise
- Noughts + Crosses
- A Teacher
- The Pursuit of Love
Wrap Up
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