| The State Within | |
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| Genre | Political thriller |
| Created by | Lizzie Mickery Daniel Percival |
| Directed by | Michael Offer Daniel Percival |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Jennie Muskett |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Kathryn Mitchell Jessica Pope |
| Producers | Grainne Marmion Patrick Cassavetti |
| Cinematography | David Perrault |
| Editors | Nick McPhee David Head |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | BBC Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One BBC America |
| Release | 2 November – 7 December 2006 |
The State Within is a six-part[1] British television political thriller series, written and created by Lizzie Mickery and Daniel Percival, that was broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from Thursday, 2 November 2006.[2] The series, directed by Percival and Michael Offer and produced by Grainne Marmion, is a joint production between BBC Films and BBC America that follows Sir Mark Brydon (Jason Isaacs), the British Ambassador to Washington, who is caught in the centre of a political conspiracy threatening to depose Western governments. As such, he must prevent a war, all whilst facing his own personal dilemmas.
On 22 January 2007, the series was released on DVD in the United Kingdom.[3] In the United States, the series premiered during Presidents Day weekend as a three-part miniseries, concluding on 24 February 2007. After being repeated on BBC Four in June 2007 as part of the channel's Conspiracy U.S.A. week of programming,[4] the series subsequently released on Netflix worldwide, where it was edited down into seven 50-minute episodes.[5] The series was subsequently nominated for two Golden Globe Awards in the categories Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television and Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film.
