Director: David Yates
Script: Paul Abbott
Photography: Chris Seager
Editor: Mark Day
Music: Nick Hopper
Production Design: Donal Woods
Casting: Wendy Brazington
Principal Cast: David Morrissey, John Simm, Billy Nighy, Kelly McDonald, Polly Walker
Producer: Hilary Bevan Jones
Executive Producers: Laura Mackie, Paul Abbott, Gareth Neame
Production: BBC in ass. with Endor for BBC One
Distribution: BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Tel: +44 208 433 200 0
Fax: +44 208 433 211 3
www.bbc.co.uk
First Broadcast: 18.5.03, 21:00 BBC One, 5.2 mill.
Selected Filmography Paul Abbott: Tomorrow La Scala!, 2002; Linda Green, 2001; Butterfly Collectors, 1999; Reckless: The Movie, 1998; Touching Evil, 1997; Cracker, 1993.
A fast and furious take on the newsroom thriller. In an impenetrable jungle of bribery, blackmail and violence a team of reporters tries to make a story out of two apparently unrelated deaths. A polished plot, extensive research in the newspaper and law enforcement milieu, and a top-drawer British cast provide all the ingredients that make "State of Play" an extremely suspenseful and disturbing study of the power of information. Scott Rudin is currently working on a US feature film version.