State of Play: Story, Cast and Series Facts
State of Play (2003): Drama. Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
The serial begins with the murder of a young man, in what appears to be a drug-related killing, and the apparently coincidental death of Sonia Baker, the young researcher for MP Stephen Collins (Morrissey). As the deaths are investigated by journalist Cal McCaffrey of The Herald (Simm) and his colleagues (including Kelly Macdonald as Della Smith and Bill Nighy as editor Cameron Foster) it appears that not only were the deaths connected, but that a conspiracy links them with oil industry-backed corruption of high-ranking British government ministers.
Series details
- Title: State of Play
- Format: Scripted
- Language: English
- Genres: Drama
- Premiere date: 2003-05-18
- Final broadcast date listed: 2003-06-22
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
- Network country: United Kingdom
- Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
- TVmaze community rating: 8/10
- TVMaze ID: 5788
- IMDb ID: tt0362192
- TVDB ID: 80383
Cast and credited roles
- David Morrissey — Stephen Collins
- John Simm — Cal McCaffrey
- Bill Nighy — Cameron Foster
- Kelly Macdonald — Della Smith
- Polly Walker — Anne Collins
- Marc Warren — Dominic Foy
- Geraldine James — Yvonne Shaps
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 2003-05-18; final listed air date 2003-06-22; episode order: 6.
Source and licence
Adapted from State of Play on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.
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