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The series was originally broadcast in the UK by Channel 4, with all four parts airing on successive nights between 20 and 23 August 2017. The series was green-lit in July 2016, following extensive research by Kosminsky.[2][3]Ony Uhiara, Sam Otto, Shavani Cameron and Ryan McKen were later cast as the four principal characters, Shakira, Jalal, Ushna and Ziyad.[4] Most of the series’s location filming was undertaken in Spain later that autumn.[5] The series was broadcast worldwide by National Geographic, airing in Australia from 23 August,[6] and premiering in the United States as a two-night special event on 18 and 19 September,[7][8] In France, the series was broadcast by Canal+ from 4 September.[9][10][11] The series was released on DVD in the United States on 28 November 2017.[12]Table of ContentsReception[edit]Main cast[edit]Supporting cast[edit]Episodes[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Reception[edit]The first episode was watched live by 1.4 million viewers, which was described by Broadcast magazine as a “solid start”.[13] However, Channel 4 is unlikely to make money from the series; according to outgoing chief creative officer Jay Hunt, the channel needs to cross-subsidise such dramas with more populist programmes such as Great British Bake Off.[14] The figure increased to 2.33\u00a0million taking into account catch-up viewing over the next seven days, and 2.49\u00a0million after a month.[15]The series was widely praised by viewers and critics.[16][17]The Guardian wrote that “this Isis drama is … gripping and genuinely enlightening”,[18] and The Telegraph noted that “viewers on Twitter praised its stars and creators for ‘capturing how barbaric and evil ISIS are’.”[19] Before the drama aired, Richard Kemp, a former advisor to the UK government on counter-terrorism, warned that it would be a “recruiting sergeant” for ISIS, a view prominently reported by several tabloid newspapers.[20] However, the idea that the drama made ISIS glamorous or attractive was rejected by most reviewers.[21][22][23][24]Most reviewers found the drama powerful, immersive, and compelling, with both its direction and acting widely praised.  However, many questioned the portrayal of the protagonists’ apparent initial ignorance and naivety, and of their subsequent antipathy to brutality and hatred, and doubted that either were representative of real jihadis.[25] Although a few references were made to IS’s online engagement and misinformation, the decision not to present detailed back-stories for the characters led some critics to suggest that the series failed to explore why people might become radicalised, and that such apparently reasonable people would never have gone to Syria to support it.[25][26] On the other hand, as former Conservative minister Baroness Warsi commented, “There are many proud parents who cannot understand why their children find an affiliation with Isil… So often we have lazily defined those attracted to violent ideologies promulgated in far-off countries as mad, bad misfits and yet the reality is far more complicated.”[27]Main cast[edit]Ony Uhiara as Shakira Boothe; a British doctor and single mother to nine-year-old Isaac who travels to Syria in the hope of working in a state hospital.[28][29]Sam Otto as Jalal Hossein; a teenager who follows his deceased elder brother to Syria, wanting to understand what he had experienced.[28][30]Shavani Cameron as Ushna Kaleel; a teenager seeking to be a “lioness for lions”.[28][31]Ryan McKen as Ziyad Kader; Jalal’s closest friend, who accompanies him hoping for adventure.[28][32]Supporting cast[edit]Hiam Abbass as Umm Salamah; educator and spiritual leaderJessica Gunning as Umm Walid; leader of the new arrivals houseNana Agyeman-Bediako as Isaac Boothe; Shakira’s nine-year-old sonAli Suliman as Abu Omar; Jalal and Ziyad’s unit commanderHaaz Sleiman as Dr. Rabia; a colleague of Shakira’sAmir El-Masry as Sayed; a Syrian pharmacist and suspected CIA spyNitin Ganatra as Munir Hossein; Jalal’s estranged fatherYannick de Waal as Abu Abbas Al-HollandiYasen Atour as Abu IssaSamer Bisharat as Abu SahlKarim Kassem as Abu AkramSebastian Griegel as Abu Lut Al-AlmaniJack Greenlees as Abu Ibrahim Al-BrittaniCharles Mnene as Abu Ayoub Al-BrittaniFayez Bakhsh as Abu Jihad Al-BrittaniZafer El-Abedin as Maqqir AmirEpisodes[edit]References[edit]^ Tom Houghton, Nine-year-old to star in Channel 4 ISIS drama, Wales Online, 1 March 2017^ Leo Barraclough, National Geographic, Channel 4 Greenlight ISIS Drama, Variety, 20 July 2016Lucy Morris, Channel 4 taps Wolf Hall’s Peter Kosminsky to write new scripted ISIS drama, Digital Spy, 20 July 2016^ Georg Szalai, U.K.’s Channel 4 Developing ISIS Drama, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 October 2014^ Lisa de Moraes, Peter Kosminsky Made \u2018The State\u2019 As Antidote To Simplistic Thinking About ISIS Recruits \u2013 TCA, Deadline Hollywood, 25 July 2017Reid Nakamura, Nat Geo\u2019s ISIS Drama \u2018The State\u2019 Aims to Humanize Terrorist Group, The Wrap, 25 July 2017^ Peter Kosminsky, tweet, 8 November 2016^ The State, National Geographic Australia. Retrieved 23 August.^ Stewart Clarke, First Look at Channel 4 and Nat Geo\u2019s ISIS Drama \u2018The State\u2019, Variety, 13 July 2017^ The State, National Geographic channel. Retrieved 22 August 2017.^ THE STATE \u00e0 partir du 4 septembre sur CANAL+, Canal+. Retrieved 22 August 2017.^ Canal+ ach\u00e8te The State, une s\u00e9rie sur l\u2019\u00c9tat islamique, Le Figaro tv mag, 28 July 2017^ Fox Seals First Sale for Nat Geo ISIS Drama \u2018The State\u2019 With Canal Plus Deal, Variety, 3 August 2017^ “The State”. Amazon.^ Alex Farber, The State recruits 1.4m, Broadcast, 21 August 2017^ Tim Dams, Jay Hunt warns of impact of ad downturn on budgets, Televisual, 23 August 2017Cameron Clarke, Channel 4 chief expects Great British Bake Off ratings to fall well short of BBC’s 14m, thedrum.com, 23 August 2017^ Weekly top 30 programmes for Channel 4 for 14\u201320 August 2017, Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board. Retrieved 20 November 2017.^ The State: Viewers and critics praise Channel 4 IS drama, BBC News, 24 August 2017^ Joe Nerssessian, Channel 4\u2019s The State lauded for \u2018important\u2019 insight into Isis, Press Association, 23 August 2017 (via Irish Independent)^ Saner, Emine (21 August 2017). “The State review \u2013 this Isis drama is clever, gripping and genuinely enlightening”. The Guardian.^ “‘Gut wrenching and haunting’: Channel 4’s the State lauded for ‘important’ insight into Isil”. The Telegraph. 24 August 2017.^ Grierson, Jamie; Ruddick, Graham (21 August 2017). “Channel 4 defends Isis drama the State after criticism”. The Guardian.^ eg Ben Lawrence, The State, finale review: Kosminsky’s Isil drama was no recruitment video, The Daily Telegraph, 24 August 2017^ Keith Watson, Daesh drama tells a story that the world needs to hear, Metro, 24 August 2017^ “EYE tv” column, Private Eye 1451, 25 August 2017. “even casual viewing revealed that, as the characters are deluded idealists who rapidly became disillusioned by the psychopathic murders, rapes and gender apartheid practised by IS, it was hard to accuse the show of sanitising IS or promoting Syrian jihad as an alternative to university entrance”^ Jamie Grierson and Graeme Ruddick, Channel 4 defends Isis drama The State after criticism, The Guardian, 21 August 2017^ a b Rachel Cooke, Isis drama The State shows the sheer stupidity of these young fanatics, New Statesman, 24 August 2017Jasper Rees, The State, Channel 4 review \u2013 dishonest portrait of British jihadis, The Arts Desk, 21 August 2017Peter Crawley, The State review: What has driven 1,000 UK people to fight with Isis?, Irish Times, 24 August 2017Stuart Jeffries, The State review \u2013 Peter Kosminsky\u2019s disillusionment dramas fail to satisfy, The Guardian, 24 August 2017Chris Harvey, The State, C4 \u2014 drama grows in depth and power, Financial Times, 18 August 2017Phil Harrison, The State: a meticulous, human examination of radicalisation, The Guardian, 20 August 2017David Patrikarakos, How new drama The State ‘captures the essence of IS’, BBC Global News Ltd, 19 September 2017^ Rachel Cooke noted that “somewhat weirdly” some further motivating back-story information was available, but only in a press pack^ Baroness Warsi, The new British drama that’s daring to humanise terrorists, The Daily Telegraph, 17 August 2017^ a b c d Character biogs for The State, Channel 4, 8 August 2017^ Interview with Ony Uhiara, who plays Shakira Boothe, Channel 4, 8 August 2017^ Interview with Sam Otto who plays Jalal Hossein, Channel 4, 8 August 2017^ Interview with Shavani Cameron, who plays Ushna Khaleel, Channel 4, 8 August 2017^ Interview with Ryan McKen who plays Ziyaad Kadar, Channel 4, 8 August 2017External links[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/the-state-british-tv-series-2\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"The State (British TV series)"}}]}]