Secret State (TV series)

Secret State
British and Irish DVD cover
Genre	Political drama
Based on	A Very British Coup by Chris Mullin
Written by	Robert Jones
Directed by	Ed Fraiman
Starring	Gabriel Byrne Charles Dance Douglas Hodge Gina McKee Rupert Graves Ruth Negga
Theme music composer	Alex Heffes
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Producer	Johann Knobel
Cinematography	Owen McPolin
Editor	Mark Thornton
Running time	4 x 1 hour (Including ad breaks)
Production companies	Company Pictures Newscope Films
Original release
Network	Channel 4
Release	7 November (2012-11-07) – 28 November 2012 (2012-11-28)
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Secret State is a 2012 British four-part political thriller, starring Gabriel Byrne, Charles Dance and Gina McKee, and inspired by Chris Mullin's 1982 novel A Very British Coup. It delves into the relationship between a democratically elected government, the military and big business. The first episode premiered on Channel 4 on 7 November 2012, with the other three parts being shown over the following three weeks.^[1]