The State

The State

Ended First aired 20/Aug/2017 United Kingdom English 2 season(s) 8 episode(s)
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The State Within is a six-part British television political thriller serial written and created by Lizzie Mickery and Daniel Percival, broadcast on BBC One from 2 November to 7 December 2006.

After a plane explodes over Washington DC, panic begins to envelop the British embassy, and its ambassador to Washington, Mark Brydon, finds himself caught in a potentially damaging diplomatic incident.
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Season 1 · Season 1
6 episode(s) · Air date: 20/Aug/2017
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S1E5
Part 5
Air date: 30/Nov/2006 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 57 min
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Brydon is asked to resign after Eshan is assassinated. While the US comes closer to declaring war against Tyrgyztan, he's convinced that there's a conspiracy.

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Brydon is asked to resign after Eshan is assassinated. While the US comes closer to declaring war against Tyrgyztan, he's convinced that there's a conspiracy.

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S1E4
Part Four
Air date: 23/Aug/2017 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 50 min
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Jalal is given a new role by ISIS, and witnesses barbaric punishments and mock executions to feed its propaganda machine. With the noose tightening around him, he decides to risk his own safety to help Ibitsam and Narin escape. As Ushna’s commitment deepens, Shakira’s concern that Isaac is being readied for frontline battle makes her contemplate the unthinkable – whether there is any way out of The State.

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Jalal is given a new role by ISIS, and witnesses barbaric punishments and mock executions to feed its propaganda machine. With the noose tightening around him, he decides to risk his own safety to help Ibitsam and Narin escape. As Ushna’s commitment deepens, Shakira’s concern that Isaac is being readied for frontline battle makes her contemplate the unthinkable – whether there is any way out of The State.

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S1E3
Part Three
Air date: 22/Aug/2017 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 50 min
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Marriage to a foreign fighter proves challenging for Ushna but she is determined to make it work. Shakira too must marry to continue working, but turns down a proposal from Abu Akram with brutal consequences. Jalal is horrified by the treatment of young Yazidi women being sold as sex slaves and buys a mother and daughter to rescue them. He and Ziyaad are sent back to the frontline where a commander is calling for the ultimate sacrifice.

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Marriage to a foreign fighter proves challenging for Ushna but she is determined to make it work. Shakira too must marry to continue working, but turns down a proposal from Abu Akram with brutal consequences. Jalal is horrified by the treatment of young Yazidi women being sold as sex slaves and buys a mother and daughter to rescue them. He and Ziyaad are sent back to the frontline where a commander is calling for the ultimate sacrifice.

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S1E2
Part Two
Air date: 21/Aug/2017 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 50 min
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The recruits are forced to reflect on their new lives in The State. Jalal and Ziyaad experience bloody frontline battle, while Shakira witnesses the horrifying aftermath of a barrel bomb and Ushna is shocked at the brutal treatment of women. Shakira must persuade a dangerous commander to set aside ISIS rules and allow her to work in hospital and Jalal has a conversation which makes him question the whole rationale for his journey to Syria.

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The recruits are forced to reflect on their new lives in The State. Jalal and Ziyaad experience bloody frontline battle, while Shakira witnesses the horrifying aftermath of a barrel bomb and Ushna is shocked at the brutal treatment of women. Shakira must persuade a dangerous commander to set aside ISIS rules and allow her to work in hospital and Jalal has a conversation which makes him question the whole rationale for his journey to Syria.

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S1E1
Part One
Air date: 20/Aug/2017 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 50 min
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Four young British male and female ISIS recruits are excited to begin their new lives in Syria. Jalal and Ziyaad enjoy the male camaraderie as they are trained and equipped for battle, while Shakira and Ushna are taught the strict rules women must obey. They take oaths of allegiance to ISIS, convinced they’ve made the right decision to come, but are soon confronted by the harsh realities of life under ISIS which don’t match their expectations.

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Four young British male and female ISIS recruits are excited to begin their new lives in Syria. Jalal and Ziyaad enjoy the male camaraderie as they are trained and equipped for battle, while Shakira and Ushna are taught the strict rules women must obey. They take oaths of allegiance to ISIS, convinced they’ve made the right decision to come, but are soon confronted by the harsh realities of life under ISIS which don’t match their expectations.

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Season 0 · Specials
2 episode(s)
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S0E7
Unaired 7th Episode
Air date: — · Time: 21:00
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This episode was not aired but there is a 7th episode on the DVD for international distribution. As war seems inevitable, George finds a knife, used to kill a prostitute and implicate James Sinclair, in Charles Macintyre's office. Mark learns what happened to Saida, after receiving Jane's copy of Luke's DV. The evidence seems clear.

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This episode was not aired but there is a 7th episode on the DVD for international distribution. As war seems inevitable, George finds a knife, used to kill a prostitute and implicate James Sinclair, in Charles Macintyre's office. Mark learns what happened to Saida, after receiving Jane's copy of Luke's DV. The evidence seems clear.

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Ryan McKen
Ryan McKen
Ziyad
Ony Uhiara
Ony Uhiara
Shakira
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Shavani Seth
Ushna
Ali Suliman
Ali Suliman
Abu Omar
Samer Bisharat
Samer Bisharat
Abu Sahl
Hiam Abbass
Hiam Abbass
Umm Salamah
Nana Agyeman-Bediako
Nana Agyeman-Bediako
Isaac Boothe
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Fayez Bakhsh
Abu Jihad
Shavani Cameron
Shavani Cameron
Ushna Kaleel
Amir El-Masry
Amir El-Masry
Sayed
Jack Greenlees
Jack Greenlees
Abu Ibrahim Al-Brittani
Sebastian Griegel
Sebastian Griegel
Abu Lut Al-Almani
Jessica Gunning
Jessica Gunning
Umm Walid
Sam Otto
Sam Otto
Jalal
Yannick de Waal
Yannick de Waal
Abu Abbas-Al-Hollandi
Shalom Brune-Franklin
Shalom Brune-Franklin
Umm Khulthum

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Daryn McLaughlan
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Mani Martínez
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Amparo Piñeiro
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Marta Bazaco
Marta Bazaco
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Shonagh Smith
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Gavin Finney
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Joanna Eatwell
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Selmo del Campo
Selmo del Campo
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Alicia Arenilla
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Ana Belén Cruces
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Inma Azorin
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