Deep State (TV series)

Deep State is a British television espionage thriller series, written and created by Matthew Parkhill and Simon Maxwell, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on Fox on 5 April 2018.[5] The first eight-part series, which began filming in May 2017, stars Mark Strong as Max Easton, a former Field Agent for MI6 who is recruited back into the field.[6] The series co-starred Joe Dempsie, Karima McAdams, Lyne Renée, Anastasia Griffith and Alistair Petrie.

Deep State
Genre	Drama Thriller
Created by	Simon Maxwell[1] Matthew Parkhill[1]
Directed by	Robert Connolly[2] Matthew Parkhill[2]
Starring	Mark Strong Walton Goggins Joe Dempsie Karima McAdams Anastasia Griffith Alistair Petrie Lyne Renée Victoria Hamilton Rachel Shelley
Music by	Harry Escott[3]
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	16 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Sara Johnson[3] Matthew Parkhill[4] Hilary Bevan Jones[3] Alan Greenspan[3] Helen Flint[3] Jeff Ford[3]
Producer	Khadija Alami[4]
Cinematography	David Higgs Nic Lawson
Running time	50 minutes
Production companies	Endor Productions Red Arrow International 6 Degree Media
Release
Original network	Fox
Picture format	2:1 (4k)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	5 April 2018 (2018-04-05) – 27 June 2019 (2019-06-27)

The series is produced by Endor Productions for the Fox Networks Group of Europe and Africa.[1][7] As well as co-creating the series, Parkhill also serves as showrunner, executive producer and director of four of the eight episodes.[2] The series premiered in the United States on 17 June 2018 on Epix.[8]

A second season was commissioned on 5 April 2018.[9] The second season premiered on 28 April 2019 in the United States, starring Walton Goggins as an ex-CIA operative drawn into a political crisis in Mali.[10][11] As of 2022, there has been no confirmation of a third series.