"A Perfect State"
Episode #1.2 (1997)

Director:

Dewi Humphreys

Writer:

Michael Aitkens (written by)

TV Series:

"A Perfect State" (1997)

Original Air Date:

6 March 1997 (Season 1, Episode 2)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Cast

Gwen Taylor	...	Laura
Rudolph Walker	...	Winston
Jacqueline Defferary	...	Julie
Matthew Cottle	...	Malcolm
Alan David	...	Gareth
Richard Hope	...	Simon
Philip Whitchurch	...	Meat Truck Driver
Trevor Cooper	...	Bert
Danny Webb	...	Johnny
Emma Amos	...	Deidre
Andy Greenhalgh	...	Tourist
Anita Wright	...	Doglady
Arthur Whybrow	...	Tramp
James Laurenson	...	Bill Jarvis M.P.

Directed by
Dewi Humphreys

Writing credits
Michael Aitkens		(written by)

Produced by
Sharon Bloom	....	producer
Verity Lambert	....	executive producer
Geoffrey Perkins	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Michael Storey

Film Editing by
Chris Wadsworth

Casting by
Toby Whale

Production Design by
Dennis De Groot

Art Direction by
Richard Drew

Costume Design by
Jacqueline Parry

Makeup Department
Anne McEwan	....	makeup designer (as Annie McEwan)

Production Management
Ian D. Tootle	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nicola James	....	second assistant director
Geoff Skelding	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Andy Beales	....	prop master
Louise Hillam	....	graphics
Laurie Law	....	production buyer

Sound Department
Paul Gartrell	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Bill Astin	....	location gaffer
Christopher Clayton	....	lighting director
Tony Keene	....	camera operator: studio camera
Colin McCarthy	....	studio gaffer
Phil Palmer	....	location camera

Editorial Department
Barbara Hicks	....	vision mixer

Other crew
Nuala Alen-Buckley	....	production accountant
Aidan Boulter	....	senior floor manager
Bernadette Darnell	....	script supervisor
Tara Fernando	....	stage manager
Nick Fulton	....	location manager
Dominic Gover	....	production runner
Iola Llwyd	....	production secretary
Tristram Shapeero	....	floor manager

Quotes:

[first lines]
Laura: Ready? OK, Winston, the world is watching! Tits out, tummy in.
Winston: Citizens of the Independent State of Flatby, it gives me great pride and pleasure as Mayor of Flatby to ...
Julie: Uh, no no no. Sorry, not Mayor.
Winston: What?
Laura: Julie, shut up.
Julie: But he's no longer Mayor.
Winston: [indicating chain of office] So what's this then, my bloody tonsils?
Malcolm: She means that Mayor is an English title.
Julie: You are now Head of the Administrative Board.
Winston: Oh good, I'm so glad; it's nice to know who you are. It gives me great pleasure as Head of the Administrative Board of the Indepndent State of Flatby to inaugurate this border crossing and unveil this wonderful sign.