A Perfect State

A Perfect State was a 1997 British situation comedy starring Gwen Taylor, Richard Hope, Trevor Cooper, Emma Amos and Danny Webb. It debuted on BBC1 on Thursday 27 February 1997 and ran for seven episodes.^[1]

A Perfect State
Directed by	Dewi Humphreys
Starring	Gwen Taylor Richard Hope Trevor Cooper Emma Amos Danny Webb Jacqueline Defferary
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	7
Production
Executive producers	Verity Lambert Geoffrey Perkins
Producer	Sharon Bloom
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	27 February (1997-02-27) – 13 April 1997 (1997-04-13)

Taylor took the leading role of Laura Fitzgerald, the Deputy Mayor of Flatby, a town on the East Coast of England.^[2] As the series begins, she is informed that because Flatby was never surveyed for the Domesday Book, it has never officially been annexed into the United Kingdom. As a result, and much to the chagrin of the Government in London, Laura rallies the townsfolk to declare Flatby an independent state.^[3]

Most of the filming was carried out in Wivenhoe in Essex.^[4]

Cast

• Gwen Taylor as Laura Fitzgerald
• Richard Hope as Simon
• Trevor Cooper as Bert
• Emma Amos as Deirdre
• Danny Webb as Johnny
• Jacqueline Defferary as Julie
• Rudolph Walker as Winston
• Alan David as Gareth
• Matthew Cottle as Malcolm

Episodes

No.	Title	Original release date
1	"A Declaration of Independence"	27 February 1997 (1997-02-27)
2	"Border Post"	6 March 1997 (1997-03-06)
3	"Financial Crisis"	13 March 1997 (1997-03-13)
4	"Power Cut"	20 March 1997 (1997-03-20)
5	"Dodgy Money"	27 March 1997 (1997-03-27)
6	"Police Force"	6 April 1997 (1997-04-06)
7	"National Anthem"	13 April 1997 (1997-04-13)