The state within a flight explodes in mid air during take off near washington dc. Later that day, as a shocked capital struggles to come to terms with the disaster, a diplomatic catastrophe envelops the british embassy. A cat's cradle of tangled affinities and conflicting interests told through interlinking stories unfold as british ambassador mark brydon slowly realises that he is being played by an invisible puppeteer with great power. A tightly plotted conspiracy thriller about the limits of diplomacy in a world where government has abdicated responsibility for war. Synopsis high stakes foreign politics is the name of the game in tv drama the state within. After a plane explodes over washington d.c. Panic begins to envelop the british embassy, and its ambassador to the u.s. Mark brydon jason isaacs finds himself caught up in a potentially damaging diplomatic incident. Running time 351 minutes region region 2 subtitles english release date 22 jan. 2007