The TV series "Secret State" is a British dramatic thriller about a tragedy at a petrochemical plant. Prime Minister Charles Flyte is attending a conference in America at the headquarters of the oil giant "Petroflex". At that time, he is informed that a powerful explosion has occurred at a facility owned by the same company in his native village of Scarrow in the United Kingdom. He decides not to inform his American partners until he himself understands the causes and consequences of the accident.