TV series
Secret State
Overview
Secret State explores the relationship between a democratically elected government, big business and the banks.
Details
- First air date
- 2012-11-07
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 4 episodes
- Genres
- Drama
- Network
- Channel 4
- Production
- Newscope Films, Company Pictures, Channel 4 Television
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Gabriel Byrne as Tom Dawkins
- Ralph Ineson as Sgt. Wrigglesworth
- Charles Dance as John Hodder
- Rupert Graves as Felix Durrell
- Gina McKee as Ellis Kane
- Jamie Sives as Lee Foulds
- Sylvestra Le Touzel as Ros Yelland
- Lia Williams as Laura Duchenne
- Anna Madeley as Gina Hayes
- Ruth Negga as Agnes Evans
- Al Weaver as Joss Leyton
- Stephen Dillane as Paul J. Clark
Creators and crew
- Ed Fraiman - Creator
- Robert Jones - Creator
- George Faber - Executive Producer
- Charles Pattinson - Executive Producer
- Ed Fraiman - Executive Producer
- Jason Newmark - Executive Producer
Episodes
Episode 1
Deputy Prime Minister Tom Dawkins vows to take on the American petrochemical company Petrofex after a devastating accident on British soil.
Following the suspicious death of the Prime Minister in a plane crash, Dawkins' understated political ambitions are tested as heavyweights Ros Yelland and Felix Durrell vie for the top job, but neither appears to have justice for the victims at the forefront of their campaign.
Episode 2
Following his shock election victory, Tom Dawkins launches an enquiry into the toxicology anomalies at the blast in Scarrow.
As British intelligence locates the whereabouts of al-Qaeda chief Tamin al-Ghamdi, a reluctant Dawkins is pressed to take him out.
Meanwhile, after her superiors at GCHQ fail to take her findings seriously, Agnes reaches out to the one man she thinks could help her.
Episode 3
After revelations of covert drone fuel production in Scarrow, Tom Dawkins finds himself in the centre of a political storm. His pursuit of the corrupt banker, Sir Michael Rix, earns him enemies in the financial world and in his own party.
Ellis Kane continues to dig into Dawkins's past and discovers some uncomfortable truths. Fossett begins to investigate the information passed to him by Agnes, unaware of the dangers it brings.
Episode 4
Following the attack on Anthony Fossett, Agnes tries every avenue to contact Tom Dawkins with information about what brought down the former prime minister's plane. When MI6 briefs him on the cause of the crash, he takes drastic steps to stick to his principles as the true intentions of those around him become clear.
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