The Promise - Channel 4

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Did anyone see this last night? Any thoughts? For those that didn’t; it's a four part drama series set in Israel during both the immediate post WW2 era and modern day.

It tells the story of a British girl staying with her Israeli/British friend who had to return to Israel for her national service. While there she is reading the story of the British Army trying to manage the new mandate for Jewish immigrants into Palestine and the resulting tensions between the Jews and Arabs.

I won’t put in any spoilers but the first episode was pretty good and showed some really good parallels between the creation of the Jewish state and modern day Israel. Seemed a little slow to get into, but I did miss the first 10 mins though. Might be worth a watch if your interested in that sort of thing?

Just a heads up :)
 
yer I didnt know either, its a good history lesson. I will most probably read up on this after the series has finished.
 
channel 4 have been coming out with some classics recently... pillars of the earth and any human heart, all really gripping.. its about the only tv channel i watch these days.
 
This has been the best drama I have watched on telly for a couple of years. It does what dramas should do entertain and educate, unlike the drivel on the TV these days.
 
Perfect ending last night best british show ive seen on uk tv for a while :) shame its ended as now sundays go back to nothingness tv wise......
 
Haven't finished watching this yet but really looking forward to it. All four episodes are now on 4oD with 28 days left each. Tuck in :)
 
my mrs was watching this quite religiously. she said that its was good and she learnt a lot (whatever that means) but was perhaps hyped up to be more then what it actually was?
 
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