The State Within Television Program

Dear BBC America: As a pointy-headed liberal in good standing, when I read the advance press about the "miniseries" "The State Within," I was thrilled. Put Jason Isaacs in something, I'll watch it; put Sharon Gless in the same something, I'll watch it twice. Cast aspersions on the motives and actions of even a fictionalized American presidential administration post-9/11 and my husband will be right there with me.

Dear BBC America: As a pointy-headed liberal in good standing, when I read the advance press about the "miniseries" "The State Within," I was thrilled. Put Jason Isaacs in something, I'll watch it; put Sharon Gless in the same something, I'll watch it twice. Cast aspersions on the motives and actions of even a fictionalized American presidential administration post-9/11 and my husband will be right there with me.

At last, Jason Isaacs gets to wear a suit. Best known to U.S. audiences in various villainous, frightening and brutal roles ("The Patriot," "Harry Potter," "Brotherhood"), the actor leads a multinational cast in "The State Within," a complex political thriller on BBC America. His character, the British ambassador to the U.S., who is caught up in an all-too-believable international crisis, is almost as complicated as the plot of the three-part miniseries.

At last, Jason Isaacs gets to wear a suit. Best known to U.S. audiences in various villainous, frightening and brutal roles ("The Patriot," "Harry Potter," "Brotherhood"), the actor leads a multinational cast in "The State Within," a complex political thriller on BBC America. His character, the British ambassador to the U.S., who is caught up in an all-too-believable international crisis, is almost as complicated as the plot of the three-part miniseries.