A Perfect State

All Episodes 1997

  • Ended
  • #<Network:0x00007f70d7ce0c80>
  • 1997-02-27T00:00:00Z
  • 30m
  • 3h 30m (7 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy
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. Taylor took the leading role of Laura Fitzgerald, the Deputy Mayor of Flatby, a town on the East Coast of England. 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. Most of the filming was carried out in Wivenhoe in Essex.

7 episodes

Series Premiere

1997-02-27T00:00:00Z

1x01 Episode One

Series Premiere

1x01 Episode One

  • 1997-02-27T00:00:00Z30m

The European fishing policy is causing outrage in Flatby-on-the-Bog. When deputy mayor Laura Fitzgerald discovers that, owing to the occasional submergence of the Flatby peninsula, Flatby has never been formally ratified as part of the British mainland, she sets out to convince her fellow councillors to declare the town an independent state.

1997-03-06T00:00:00Z

1x02 Episode Two

1x02 Episode Two

  • 1997-03-06T00:00:00Z30m

Whitehall sends in the local Member of Parliament as Flatby's campaign for independence gathers steam. Bullying MP Bill Jarvis offers Mayor Winston an OBE to back down on the crusade. Laura is furious when she discovers Winston is planning to do a deal. She knows he has a vicious temper and primes the locals to provoke him to reveal all.

1997-03-13T00:00:00Z

1x03 Episode Three

1x03 Episode Three

  • 1997-03-13T00:00:00Z30m

Radio Free Flatby is launched. Meanwhile, Whitehall's representative is on mission to stir up unrest in the newly created Independent State.

1997-03-20T00:00:00Z

1x04 Episode Four

1x04 Episode Four

  • 1997-03-20T00:00:00Z30m

There is a power cut – another underhand Whitehall method of trying to bring the citizens to heel…

1997-03-27T00:00:00Z

1x05 Episode Five

1x05 Episode Five

  • 1997-03-27T00:00:00Z30m

Flatby celebrates its Court victory with a street party. A wealthy businessman seems the answer to prayers when hospital funds are cut by Whitehall.

1997-04-05T23:00:00Z

1x06 Episode Six

1x06 Episode Six

  • 1997-04-05T23:00:00Z30m

Malcolm struggles with his conscience when he is made Chief of Police, and an embassy for Simon is set up over the butcher's shop.

1997-04-12T23:00:00Z

1x07 Episode Seven

1x07 Episode Seven

  • 1997-04-12T23:00:00Z30m

The Independent State of Flatby is on a collision course with the UK Government by it buys liquor from the European continent and sells it cheap. A Customs post is set up. Unexpected invasion....

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