State of Play Series 1 DVD

Starring	David Morrissey, John Simm, Bill Nighy, Kelly MacDonald
Genres	Television

State of Play Series 1

Stephen Collins is an ambitious politician. Cal McAffrey 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 revelations of their affair hit the headlines. Meanwhile a suspected teenage drug dealer is found shot dead. These (apparently unconnected) events expose a dangerous habit within modern government of dancing too closely with the corporate devil. Friendships are tested and lives are put on the line as an intricate web of lies unfolds.

Starring	David Morrissey, John Simm, Bill Nighy, Kelly MacDonald, James McAvoy
Studio	BBC WORLDWIDE PUBLISHING
Run time	DVD: 6 hrs
Certificate
Genres	Television
Language	English
Released	DVD: 02 May 2005
Format	DVD

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31 out of 31 people found this review helpful

This is what we pay our licence fee for!

I missed this series when it was first shown on the Beeb, but now that I finally got the chance to watch it properly...this is just outrageously fantastic!

The script, the directing, the acting (Bill Nighy!), everything!!

I could go on and on about it, but if you haven't seen it yet, this really is BBC drama at its best. Don't miss it.
- - A customer from London
  - Posted 31 May 2005 10:51
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

[Highly rated reviewer]

dark stuff

I came back to this because of John Simm's brilliant performance in 'Life On Mars'...

Just listing the cast, and the writer gives an idea of how good this is...

John Simm, Bill Nighy, David Morrissey, Kelly MacDonald, James McAvoy....written

by Paul 'Shameless' Abbott...the story is one of 'political intrigue'...but it's really about the lives of the characters...

Apparently,there is a Hollywood version in the pipeline..Brad Pitt

as the John Simm character!..i hate it already!
- - chrismorrell from basingstoke
  - Posted 29 Jun 2007 19:31
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