STATE OF PLAY (BBC)

Details

• Release Year: 2003
• Genre: Crime; Drama; Mystery; Romance; Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Stephen Collins is an ambitious politician. Cal McCaffrey is a well-respected investigative journalist and Stephen's ex-campaign manager. En route to work one morning, Stephen's research assistant mysteriously falls to her death on the London Underground. It's not long before rumors of an affair between Stephen and the assistant hit the headlines. Meanwhile a suspected teenage drug dealer is shot dead. Revelation upon revelation pile up in the aftermath of these two seemingly unconnected events, ultimately bringing to light shady dealings between the government and major corporate powers. Friendships are tested and lives are put on the line as an intricate web of lies unfolds.
• Cast: John Simm; David Morrissey; Kelly Macdonald; Bill Nighy; Amelia Bullmore; Benedict Wong; Rebekah Staton; Philip Glenister; Polly Walker; James McAvoy; Marc Warren; Michael Feast; Johann Myers; Tom Burke; Deborah Findlay; James Laurenson; Christopher Simpson; Maureen Hibbert; Sean Gilder; Shauna Macdonald; Stuart Goodwin; Charlie Ryan; Rebecca Ryan; Patrick Brennan; Natasha Wightman; Geraldine James; Pui Fan Lee; Rory McCann; David Yates
• Director: David Yates
• Runtime: 5:50
• Company: BBC Films, Endor Productions
• Media Format: Series