SECRET STATE Premiere Set!

Updated October 24: Official date and time for the premiere have been announced in the Week 45 Highlights section at Channel Four! Get the champagne on ice, replenish your popcorn with the fresh stuff, and set your DVRs! Wednesday 07/11/201210pmSecret State 1/4Gabriel Byrne, Douglas Hodge, Gina McKee, Charles Dance, Rupert […]

SECRET STATE: First Interview with Gabriel Byrne

Here is the first interview with star Gabriel Byrne discussing the new Channel Four series, Secret State (AKA Coup). The series is set to air in November on the UK channel. We are anticipating this new series with something bordering on reckless abandon–the previously published trailer has Byrneholics everywhere already […]

Where is “Coup”?

Coup, the working title for a new four-part mini-series on Channel 4 UK, stars Gabriel Byrne, Rupert Graves, Charles Dance, and a stellar cast of familiar faces. Scheduled to air originally this past summer, then sometime in September/October, Coup (also called Secret State at the Channel 4 Press site) is now […]

Casting “Secret State”

Updated February 20 Ruth Negga, recent winner of the IFTA Award for Best Actress (Television) for her performance as Dame Shirley Bassey in the BBC production Shirley in 2011, has joined this stellar cast and will play an intelligence analyst. According to Herald.ie [no longer linked because URL usually does […]

Gabriel Byrne to star in “Coup”

Update: Many others are reporting on this great news now, including The Hollywood Reporter (ooooh, and while you are there, check out the latest Academy Awards News!), The Stage, and TheaterMania. Here is the official press release from Channel 4, dated January 24, 2012: Gabriel Byrne (The Usual Suspects, Miller’s […]