- The State Within
infobox television
show_name = The State Within
caption = Sharon Gless, Jason Isaacs and Ben Daniels
format = Thriller
runtime = 57 minutes
creator =Lizzie Mickery
Daniel Percival
producer = Grainne Marmion
starring =Jason Isaacs Ben Daniels Sharon Gless Nigel Bennett Eva Birthistle
country = UK
network =BBC
director = Michael Offer, Daniel Percival
first_aired = 2 November 2006
last_aired = 7 December 2006
num_episodes = 6"The State Within" (2006) is a six-episode British television political
drama , written byLizzie Mickery and Daniel Percival, produced byGrainne Marmion as a jointBBC –BBC America production, that was broadcast byBBC1 in theUnited Kingdom from Thursday, 2 November 2006.The protagonist of "The State Within" is Sir Mark Brydon (
Jason Isaacs ), the British Ambassador to Washington at the centre of a political conspiracy threatening to depose Western governments. As such, he must prevent a war, while facing a personal dilemma. Lynne Warner (Sharon Gless ) is theUnited States Secretary of Defense , Nicholas Brocklehurst (Ben Daniels ) is the British Counsellor External Affairs, and James Sinclair (Alex Jennings ) is the former British ambassador to the fictional former Soviet republic of Tyrgyzstan. This character resembles the "diplomatic untouchable"Craig Murray , the drinking, womanizingFact|date=May 2008 British ambassador who became embroiled in revealing human rights abuses inUzbekistan .In 2006, Episode One of "The State Within" drew 5.7 million viewers, but, by Episode Three, the audience was 3.1 million. On 22 January 2007, this political drama was published on DVD. In the U.S., its premiere broadcast, on BBC America, was the Presidents Day weekend (17-19 February), as a three-part
miniseries concluding on 24 February 2007. In the UKBBC Four re-ran the miniseries in June 2007, as part of its "Conspiracy U.S.A. Week" programming. [cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/thestatewithin/episodes/ |title=The State Within - Episodes |publisher=BBC]The State Within was nominated for a
Golden Globe in the category, Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.References
External links
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/thestatewithin/ The State Within] from the BBC website
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770652/ The State Within] from theInternet Movie Database
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