Friday, 4 March 2011

THE AMBASSADOR (BBC TV) 1998


TP makes a most telling cameo appearance in the opening episode of this short-lived but effective drama based on the trials and tribulations of a British ambassador abroad.  

The title character (played by Pauline Collins) has just been appointed as ambassador to the Irish Republic and lands feet first into an anglo-irish political storm, but first she must present her credentials to the Irish premiere,  Taoiseach Healy, as played by TP. 

A wily, silver fox, TP evinces a deceptive charm but it comes evident that there's steel behind his veneer.  

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