Series

The State Within 2006

Created by Daniel Percival, Lizzie Mickery

  • Drama, War & Politics
  • 57 min episodes
  • 1 season
  • 6 episodes
  • Ended

The State Within is a six-part British television political thriller serial written and created by Lizzie Mickery and Daniel Percival, broadcast on BBC One from 2 November to 7 December 2006. After a plane explodes over Washington DC, panic begins to envelop the British embassy, and its ambassador to Washington, Mark Brydon, finds himself caught in a potentially damaging diplomatic incident.

DramaWar & Politicspoliticsconspiracyminiseriesgovernment conspiracyBBC One

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