- Network: BBC-1 , BBC , BBC America
- Series Premiere Date: Jan 29, 2007
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings
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Positive: 10 out of 11
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Mixed: 0 out of 11
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Negative: 1 out of 11
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The State WithinYour Score0 out of 10User ScoreGenerally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings
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megJul 1, 2007One of the best tv series we've seen. We watched it this week when there were terrorist incidents in London & Glasgow.
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BenDFeb 20, 2007another good bbc show
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alastairpMar 1, 2007gripping and very plausible drama. held my rapt attention.
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TonyTMar 2, 2007very good. kept you interested thru the whole 7+ hours. worth watching.
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richkSep 6, 2009Got my attention and kept it. Fast pacing never let up, but a few periods of reflection would have been nice. Sometimes implausible, Nice insights into what is likely actually going on. The intensity developed until the very end, like a good page turner. Replay came in handy!
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GloriaCFeb 25, 2007the last half hour was missing! Another BBC show was aired. VERY A NNOYING! Now I will have to buy the dvd to see ending or is that how it was planned?
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EdTFeb 27, 2007Joins MI-5 (Snoops) as some of the best espionage drama on the big or small screen. I'd have given it more points, I think, if I'd seen it in1 or 2 episodes without commercials. Terrific!
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JohnMFeb 28, 2007Fast pased and really enjoyable to watch. This was a real treat. BBCA has been doing an outstanding job on its series and mini-series presentations.
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By the time the many story threads link up... "The State Within" has an unstoppable momentum that’s as good as the best of "24."
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A rip-roaring thriller... that pulls off the rare trick of being both massively intelligent and unbearably intense.
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Quick confusion in grasping the conspiracy web is understandable, but that doesn’t mean this series’ many hours... aren’t sufficiently tense and jarring to warrant your time. But if you’re even a mildly cynical A-section reader and/or devourer of suspense novels, and especially if you’ve enjoyed the many fine British multipart political thrillers that have graced our airwaves, like To Play the King and A Very British Coup and State of Play, then The State Within will seem either too familiar or too diffuse.