| False Witness | |
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 UK DVD cover | |
| Also known as | The Diplomat |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Created by |
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| Written by | Peter Gawler |
| Directed by | Peter Andrikidis |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Burkhard Dallwitz |
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| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 2 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Justin Bodle |
| Producer | Peter Andrikidis |
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| Editor | Neil Thumpston |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production company | Screen Australia |
| Original release | |
| Network | |
| Release | 11 January – 12 January 2009 |
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False Witness, also known as The Diplomat internationally, is a two-part Australian television mini-series, produced by Screentime Australia, and broadcast simultaneously on the Australian subscription television channel UK.TV and BBC HD.[1] Commissioned as part of its required drama output, False Witness was the third in a series of drama commissions by the network in 2008, following Make or Break and Supernova.[2]
Inspired by real events, The Diplomat stars Dougray Scott as Ian Porter, a British diplomat to Tajikistan, who comes under scrutiny from Scotland Yard whilst trying to prevent the sale of a nuclear bomb formerly belonging to the Soviet Union.[3]
The series premiered in Australia on 11 January 2009, with the second episode broadcast the following night.[4] The series also broadcast in the United States on iOn as a four-hour event on 17 January 2009.[5] Despite being co-produced by the BBC, the series was never broadcast on terrestrial television in the United Kingdom, instead being made available on DVD on 14 March 2011 via Showbox Entertainment.[6] The series was, however, broadcast on True Entertainment.[3]
- ^ Knox, David (9 January 2009). "False Witness". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
- ^ Knox, David (11 June 2008). "UKTV commissions international thriller". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
- ^ a b "The Diplomat - Series 1, Episode 1". Radio Times. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Knox, David (31 December 2008). "Airdate: False Witness". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ^ Stanley, Alessandra (22 January 2009). "Chases, Gunplay and Terrorism, Without the Familiar Landmarks". NY Times. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ "The Diplomat [DVD]". Amazon. Retrieved 26 April 2019.