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form y separately published work icon False Witness single work   film/TV   thriller   crime  
Alternative title: The Diplomat
Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 False Witness
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False Witness 'is set in present day [2009] Sydney,Tajikistan and London against the back drop of bickering intelligence agencies, fallible police forces and international tensions and was inspired by real life incidents including the 1997 theft of five Soviet built nuclear 'suitcase bombs' and explores a scenario that could lead to the West's worst nightmare - a nuclear attack.

'... British diplomat, Ian Porter (Dougray Scott) is apprehended at Heathrow Airport in possession of 30 kilos of heroin. Porter's unwillingness to cooperate leaves Scotland Yard Inspector Julie Hales (Rachael Blake) believing he is doing business with Russian arms and drug trafficker Sergei Krousov (Don Hany). Unaware that Krousov has intentions to sell a suitcase bomb, Scotland Yard offers to cut Porter a deal to turn on Krousov. In return they'll grant him immunity from prosecution and entry into their international witness program.

'Hales accompanies Porter and his estranged wife (Claire Forlani) to Sydney where chameleon Porter believes his handler at MI6 (Richard Roxburgh as Van Koors) can manipulate the Australian Federal Police protection team to allow him to complete his mission. AFP agent Wilson (Jeremy Lindsay Taylor) and Hales have no idea of Porter's MI6 links so, when their security is breached, all hell breaks loose.'

Source: Screentime website, http://www.screentime.com.au/
Sighted: 09/09/2009

Notes

  • Developed from a story by Ronan Glennane, Nell Greenwood, and Greg Haddrick.

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      Extent: 2x120 min. episodes; mini-seriesp.

Awards

2009 winner Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Best Television Script
2009 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards Best Telefeature, Mini Series or Short Run Series
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  • Sydney, New South Wales,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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    Tajikistan,
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    Central Asia, Asia,
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