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State of Play

Year:

2003

Duration:

57 min (6 episodes)

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

IMDB rate:

8.6

Awards:

16 wins & 10 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 2003-05-18

Cast

Actor

Character

Nick Brimble

John Simm

Cal McCaffrey

Kelly Macdonald

Della Smith

Bill Nighy

Cameron Foster

Philip Glenister

DCI William Bell

David Morrissey

Stephen Collins

James McAvoy

Dan Foster

Amelia Bullmore

Helen Preger

Benedict Wong

Pete Cheng

Rebekah Staton

Liz (6 episodes, 2003)

Polly Walker

Anne Collins

Marc Warren

Dominic Foy

Michael Feast

Andrew Wilson

Johann Myers

Sonny Stagg

Tom Burke

Syd (4 episodes, 2003)

Maureen Hibbert

Olicia Stagg

James Laurenson

George Fergus

Deborah Findlay

Greer Thornton

Christopher Simpson

Adam Greene

Sean Gilder

Sergeant 'Chewy' Cheweski

Shauna Macdonald

Sonia Baker

Rebecca Ryan

Karen Collins

Charlie Ryan

Louis Collins

Stuart Goodwin

Robert Bingham

Patrick Brennan

Neil Woods

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Trivia

A second season was commissioned by then-BBC Commissioner Greg Dyke before the first season had even been transmitted. The second season never materialized, however, because Paul Abbott felt he didn't know how to make the story work and he had already had tremendous success with Shameless (2004).

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The set of the House of Commons chamber is the same one that was a part of Granada Studios Tour. It was purchased personally by the scriptwriter Paul Abbott so it could used in the drama otherwise it would have been destroyed when the Tour closed and he feared it would take too long to get the necessary money from the BBC. It is currently kept in storage in Oxford.

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Michael Kitchen was first offered the Bill Nighy role.

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Quotes

Stephen Collins: [seated on the steps of Cal McCaffrey's house, as Cal is walking away] You're no good to Anne now... Your name will be on the story... You'd know if you had them... Kids... They shoot the messenger... They just do

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