Directed by:
David YatesScreenplay:
Paul AbbottCinematography:
Chris SeagerComposer:
Nicholas HooperCast:
John Simm, Kelly Macdonald, Bill Nighy, Philip Glenister, David Morrissey, James McAvoy, Benedict Wong, Marc Warren, Polly Walker, Tom Burke (more)Episodes(6)
Plots(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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Amelia Bullmore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/627/162627925_fa3ec2.jpg)
![Anthony Flanagan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188104_2e7d4d.jpg)
Anthony Flanagan
UK
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Fred Pearson
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Misfits (2009) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
State of Play (2003) (series)
![David Ryall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/445/159445193_e1a0ad.jpg)
David Ryall
Best series:
To Play the King (1993) (series)
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
State of Play (2003) (series)
![Sean Gilder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/829/161829582_b55125.jpg)
Sean Gilder
UK
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![Deborah Findlay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/874/159874883_a88dd5.jpg)
Deborah Findlay
UK
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State of Play (2003) (series)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994) (series)
Shroud for a Nightingale (1984) (series)
Andy Linden
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A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987) (series)
Rome (2005) (series)
Garrow's Law (2009) (series)
Hilary Bevan Jones
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Red Dwarf (1988) (series)
State of Play (2003) (series)
The Escape Artist (2013) (series)
Greg Bennett
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Sherlock (2010) (series)
Downton Abbey (2010) (series)
Endeavour (2012) (series)
![Patrick Brennan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/201/163201402_52e054.jpg)
Patrick Brennan
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Downton Abbey (2010) (series)
State of Play (2003) (series)
Cadfael (1994) (series)
![Chris Obi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/826/160826203_1a23ae.jpg)
Chris Obi
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Doctor Who (2005) (series)
State of Play (2003) (series)
Look Around You (2002) (series)
![Rebekah Staton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/850/160850670_c2c1d0.jpg)
Rebekah Staton
UK
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Black Mirror (2011) (series)
Rome (2005) (series)
Jane Eyre (2006) (series)
Neil Bell
UK
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Peaky Blinders (2013) (series)
Downton Abbey (2010) (series)
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![James Laurenson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/691/163691526_0ee02a.jpg)
James Laurenson
New Zealand
![Michael Feast](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/806/160806876_eb4cb3.jpg)
Michael Feast
UK
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Garrow's Law (2009) (series)
State of Play (2003) (series)
Aaron Neil
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Peaky Blinders (2013) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
State of Play (2003) (series)
![Finn Atkins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274895_8a7769.jpg)
Finn Atkins
UK
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State of Play (2003) (series)
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Madeleine Potter
USA
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State of Play (2003) (series)
Mr. Selfridge (2013) (series)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Johann Myers
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Black Mirror (2011) (series)
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State of Play (2003) (series)
Michael Gould
UK
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State of Play (2003) (series)
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