1 Season
6 Episode
State of Play - Season 1 Episode 1 (2003)
Teenager Kelvin Stagg is shot dead in a London street. Then politician Stephen Collins breaks down when he hears his assistant Sonia Baker has been killed by falling under a train. A newspaper editor asks his journalist Cal McCaffrey (Stephen's former campaign manager) to look for a connection between the two deaths, and McCaffrey finds the dead teenager had stolen a silver metallic briefcase. McCaffrey traces the briefcase and in it he finds pictures of Stephen and Sonia - and a gun.
- Country : United Kingdom
- Genre : Mystery, Drama, Crime
- Studio : BBC One, BBC Four
- Director : Paul Abbott
- Cast : Bill Nighy, David Morrissey, Kelly Macdonald, John Simm, Polly Walker, Philip Glenister
