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.
Air Date: 1997-02-27
The European fishing policy is causing outrage in Flatby-on-the-Bog. When deputy mayor Laura Fitzgerald discovers th...
Air Date: 1997-03-06
Whitehall sends in the local Member of Parliament as Flatby's campaign for independence gathers steam. Bullying MP B...
Air Date: 1997-03-13
Radio Free Flatby is launched. Meanwhile, Whitehall's representative is on mission to stir up unrest in the newly cr...
Air Date: 1997-03-20
There is a power cut – another underhand Whitehall method of trying to bring the citizens to heel…
Air Date: 1997-03-27
Flatby celebrates its Court victory with a street party. A wealthy businessman seems the answer to prayers when hosp...
Air Date: 1997-04-06
Malcolm struggles with his conscience when he is made Chief of Police, and an embassy for Simon is set up over the b...
Air Date: 1997-04-13
The Independent State of Flatby is on a collision course with the UK Government by it buys liquor from the European ...