# A Perfect State

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***A Perfect State*** is a 1997 British [situation comedy](/source/Situation_comedy) starring [Gwen Taylor](/source/Gwen_Taylor), [Richard Hope](/source/Richard_Hope_(actor)), [Trevor Cooper](/source/Trevor_Cooper), [Emma Amos](/source/Emma_Amos_(actress)) and [Danny Webb](/source/Danny_Webb_(British_actor)). It debuted on [BBC1](/source/BBC1) on Thursday 27 February 1997 and ran for seven episodes.[1]

Taylor took the leading role of Laura Fitzgerald, the Deputy Mayor of Flatby, a town on the [East Coast of England](/source/Geography_of_England).[2] As the series begins, she is informed that because Flatby was never surveyed for the [Domesday Book](/source/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](/source/Wivenhoe) in Essex.[4]

## Cast

- [Gwen Taylor](/source/Gwen_Taylor) as Laura Fitzgerald
- [Richard Hope](/source/Richard_Hope_(actor)) as Simon
- [Trevor Cooper](/source/Trevor_Cooper) as Bert
- [Emma Amos](/source/Emma_Amos_(actress)) as Deirdre
- [Danny Webb](/source/Danny_Webb_(British_actor)) as Johnny
- [Jacqueline Defferary](/source/Jacqueline_Defferary) as Julie
- [Rudolph Walker](/source/Rudolph_Walker) as Winston
- [Alan David](/source/Alan_David_(actor)) as Gareth
- [Matthew Cottle](/source/Matthew_Cottle) as Malcolm

## References

1. ["A Perfect State"](https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/a_perfect_state/). *British Comedy Guide*

1. ["A Revolting Town!"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005367/19970222/241/0039). *Wigan Evening Post*. 22 February 1997. p. 39.

1. Rampton, James (22 February 1997). ["The Joke's On EU"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent-the-jokes-on-eu-by-jame/162921125/). *[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)*. Retrieved 13 January 2025. – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)

1. ["Essex town that tugs TV star's heartstrings"](https://www.echo-news.co.uk/leisure/whatson/10637763.essex-town-that-tugs-tv-stars-heartstrings/). *Echo*. 29 August 2013.

## External links

- [A Perfect State](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0207915/) at IMDb
- *[A Perfect State](https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/a_perfect_state/)* at [British Comedy Guide](/source/British_Comedy_Guide)

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