Episode 1 S01E01
Just as 18-year-old Londoner Erin sets off to spend summer in Israel with her best friend, Eliza, she unearths an old diary belonging to her seriously ill grandfather, Len. Intrigued by the life of this old man she barely knows, she takes the diary with her, and is stunned to learn of his part in the post-WWII British peace-keeping force in what was then Palestine.
Series Cast

Claire Foy
Erin Matthews

Haaz Sleiman
Omar Habash

Christian Cooke
Len Matthews

Katharina Schüttler
Clara Rosenbaum

Ali Suliman
Abu-Hassan Mohammed

Ben Miles
Max Meyer

Pip Torrens
Major John Arbuthnot

Perdita Weeks
Eliza Meyer

Smadi Wolfman
Leah Meyer

Holly Aird
Chris Matthews

Hiam Abbass
Old Jawda

Lucas Gregorowicz
Captain Richard Rowntree

Luke Allen-Gale
Corporal Jackie Clough

Ulrich Noethen
Leo Rosenbaum

Yvonne Catterfeld
Ziphora

Itay Tiran
Paul Meyer

Iain McKee
Sergeant Hugh Robbins